Rights-Defined Video Clip Segmentation for Granular Audience Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video clip access control methods lack flexibility and sophistication, as they either allow unrestricted access or limited access to a select population, failing to accommodate the rights holder's desire to provide different portions of a video to different audiences.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that allows a rights holder to define a video clip by specifying a starting and ending point, enabling access control to a portion of a video clip, with optional annotations and limitations, and enforcing these boundaries through a clip rights enabler.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a video clip is made accessible without restriction or limited to a select population, then the ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates because the rights holder cannot control which portions are viewed by different audiences
Solution Approach 1:
The video content is segmented into distinct portions or clips, each of which can be independently accessed and controlled. The system divides the video into selectable segments that can be distributed to different audiences with different access permissions, enabling both ease of operation through simple link sharing and adaptability through granular control over which segments different users can view.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the entire video clip is made accessible to a viewer, then the adaptability is improved by allowing complete viewing, but the loss of information increases because the rights holder cannot prevent viewing of unwanted portions
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts specific portions or clips from the complete video content, allowing the rights holder to selectively distribute only the desired segments to viewers. This extraction mechanism enables the rights holder to prevent unauthorized viewing of unwanted portions while still providing adaptability by allowing complete viewing of the extracted clips to authorized users.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rights holder wants to make different portions of a video accessible to different audiences, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for sophisticated access control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary access control mechanism that manages the complexity of distributing different video portions to different audiences. This intermediary layer handles the sophisticated access control requirements by implementing a structured system for defining clips, setting permissions, and enforcing access rules, thereby enabling adaptability without requiring complex direct control between rights holders and each individual viewer.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for providing access to a portion of a video to a requesting user. For example, a computer can receive an identification of a video, a starting point of a clip within the video, and an ending point of the clip within the video from a rights holder. The computer can define a video clip based on the identified video, the starting point, and the ending point. The computer can also provide a link by which a requesting user is provided access to the video clip.