Radial Video Recommendation Traversal System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional video search engines struggle to present search results in an intuitive and visually appealing manner, especially in vast video repositories, where users cannot easily identify relevant content without playing each video, and long lists lack visual correlation between videos.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that visually connects video recommendations around a central video, using a weighted covisitation measure to generate recommendations and display them in an orbiting format, allowing users to traverse and select videos of interest, with indicators showing user viewing paths and correlations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional search results are presented as a long list of links or thumbnails, then the video repository can be searched comprehensively, but users cannot visually identify relevant content or see correlations between videos
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional linear list of video links to a two-dimensional radial arrangement where videos are positioned at different distances from a central video. This dimensional change enables users to visually perceive relationships and correlations between videos through their spatial positioning, allowing comprehensive search results to be displayed while maintaining visual identifiability and correlation awareness.
2Quantity of substance
If a long list of video links is displayed to show comprehensive search results, then more videos can be presented, but the visual presentation becomes unappealing and difficult to consume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video results into a central video and multiple surrounding videos arranged in radial groups. This segmentation organizes the large quantity of search results into structured visual clusters, making the comprehensive list more manageable and visually appealing while preserving the ability to display numerous videos.
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging videos in a radial pattern rather than a linear list, the patent creates a two-dimensional visual structure that is more engaging and easier to consume. The radial arrangement allows users to scan multiple videos simultaneously while maintaining visual hierarchy and appeal.
3Measurement precision
If users must play each video to determine relevance, then accurate content verification is achieved, but time consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary visual presentation of video thumbnails arranged radially around a central video, allowing users to quickly assess content relevance through visual inspection before playing any videos. This preliminary visual action enables users to identify relevant content without time-consuming video playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The radial thumbnail arrangement serves as an intermediary between the video content and the user's selection decision. Users can evaluate multiple videos through their visual representations (thumbnails) in the radial layout, which mediates the information delivery and allows rapid identification of relevant content without immediate playback.
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AI summary
A system, method and various user interfaces facilitate traversing multiple groups of video recommendations. A group of video recommendations includes a central video, an indicator of video of interest corresponding to the central video, and a set of related videos displayed at its corresponding display distance from the central video and from each other. The corresponding display distance of a video is calculated as a function of the video's recommendation score and correlation with other videos of the group. Responsive to selection of new central video, a new group of video recommendations is generated and displayed in coordination of the existing groups of video recommendations, where the plurality of central videos are visually connected. Visually presenting recommended videos responsive to user selections of videos of interest provides a quick and intuitive way for user to traverse videos of interest and visualize the browsing of the recommended videos.