Remote Metadata Delivery for Video Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in accessing additional information about objects or individuals in video content without interrupting their viewing experience, as traditional methods often disjointedly provide content and metadata, disrupting the consumption of the main content.
Innovation Solution
A system that transmits metadata associated with displayed content to a remote device, allowing users to receive additional information without interfering with the main content, using a client device that separates metadata from content and sends it to a remote device based on user preferences, which can be stored for later use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If metadata is displayed on the same device as content, then users can access additional information, but the viewing experience is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates metadata delivery from content delivery by using two different devices: a display device for content and a remote device for metadata. This segmentation allows users to access additional information without the metadata interfering with the visual content display.
Solution Approach 2:
The metadata is extracted from the content stream and transmitted separately to a remote device. This extraction removes the potential disruption to the viewing experience while preserving access to supplementary information about objects or individuals in the video content.
2Loss of information
If users look up information via different sources, then they can find additional information, but they must interrupt viewing the video
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically extracting and transmitting metadata to the remote device before the user needs it. The metadata is prepared in advance based on the content being displayed, so when users want additional information, it is already available without requiring them to interrupt viewing or manually search for it.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by monitoring user interactions with the content and automatically providing relevant metadata in response. When users express interest in specific objects or individuals in the video, the system detects this and delivers corresponding metadata to their remote device, creating a seamless information delivery system.
3Ease of operation
If metadata is transmitted to remote device, then users can access information without interrupting content, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a universal content source that can deliver both content and metadata through a single interface. The content source is designed to provide multiple types of information (video content and associated metadata) in a unified manner, reducing the need for separate complex systems for content and metadata delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
A client device may receive a request from a remote control device to capture a still image from content in a broadcast received at the client device. The client device may capture the still image from the content in the broadcast responsive to the request. The still image is transmitted for receipt and display at the remote control device. Image data is received from the remote control device that includes a portion of the still image displayed at the remote control device. The portion of the still image is selected by a user via a user interface output at the remote control device and includes an object to be identified using image recognition.