Real-Time Multiple-Image Display With Multimodal Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in easily identifying relevant sources and recipients for multimedia information sharing, especially in online social networks, lacking a sense of intimacy and immediacy in remote communications.
Innovation Solution
A system and method enabling users to simultaneously share multimedia information while communicating, using a simultaneous sharing interface that integrates text, voice, video, and music, allowing users to experience a higher level of intimacy in their communication with others over a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users share multimedia information through traditional methods, then information can be transmitted, but users cannot easily identify relevant sources and recipients, reducing communication effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments multimedia information into discrete shareable units that can be independently selected and shared. Users can break down their media library into specific items (photos, videos, music) and share them with specific recipients, making it easier to identify and manage sources and recipients individually rather than dealing with bulk transfers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the communication device and software interface) that facilitates the matching of multimedia information with relevant sources and recipients. This intermediary provides tools like contact lists, media libraries, and sharing interfaces that help users identify who should receive what information without direct peer-to-peer confusion.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users communicate remotely over networks, then geographic distance is overcome, but users lack a sense of intimacy and immediacy in communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple communication modalities (text messaging, voice calls, video conferencing, and multimedia sharing) into a single integrated communication system. This allows users to combine different types of interactions in one session, creating a richer, more intimate communication experience that better replicates face-to-face interaction despite geographic distance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to prepare and pre-select multimedia content before sharing it during communication sessions. Users can organize their media libraries in advance, select appropriate items for sharing, and have them ready for immediate transmission, which enhances the sense of immediacy and spontaneity in remote communications.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple images are displayed simultaneously, then information density increases, but display complexity and user interface complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display area into multiple distinct regions or panels, each dedicated to showing specific images or image groups. This segmentation allows multiple images to be displayed simultaneously in an organized manner, with each image occupying its own defined space, reducing visual clutter and making the interface easier to manage despite the high quantity of images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes spatial arrangement and dimensional organization to display multiple images. Instead of simply stacking images in a single dimension, the system arranges them across two-dimensional screen space using grids, mosaics, or multi-panel layouts, effectively using another dimension (spatial positioning) to manage the complexity of displaying numerous images simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
A user can share (show) multimedia information while simultaneously communicating (telling) with one or more other users over a network. Multimedia information is received from at least one source. The multimedia information may be manually and/or automatically annotated and shared with other users. The multimedia information may be displayed in an integrated live view simultaneously with other modes of communication, such as video, voice, or text. A simultaneous sharing communication interface provides an immersive experience that lets a user communicate via text, voice, video, sounds, music, or the like, with one or more other users while also simultaneously sharing media such as photos, videos, movies, images, graphics, illustrations, animations, presentations, narratives, music, sounds, applications, files, and the like. The simultaneous sharing interface enables a user to experience a higher level of intimacy in their communication with others over a network.