Video Multimedia Ringtone Separation and Volume Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile terminals are limited to using music files as ringtones, leading to sound source interference and volume malfunctions when attempting to use video multimedia, and do not allow for adjustable volume control during calls.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that separates multimedia files into sound sources and videos, setting a silent video as a media file and a selected sound source as a bell file, allowing simultaneous playback and volume control during incoming calls, and terminating both when the call is received.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If video multimedia is used as a ringtone, then the ringtone functionality is expanded and enhanced, but sound source interference and volume malfunctions occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video multimedia file into separate video and audio components. The video file is designated as the media file for visual display, while the audio component is extracted and designated as the bell file for sound output. This segmentation prevents sound source interference by ensuring that only the extracted audio component is played through the speaker, rather than having multiple sound sources mixed together.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the audio component from the video multimedia file and designates it as a separate bell file. This extraction process allows the system to use the video as the ringtone media file while having a dedicated, clean audio source as the bell file, thereby preventing sound source interference and volume malfunctions that would occur if the original mixed audio from the video file were used.
2Adaptability or versatility
If video multimedia is used as a ringtone, then the ringtone functionality is expanded, but volume control becomes uncontrollable
Solution Approach 1:
By extracting the audio component from the video file and designating it as a separate bell file, the system enables independent volume control of the audio portion. The bell file serves as a dedicated audio source that can be controlled separately from the video playback, allowing users to adjust volume without interference from the video's embedded audio track.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic volume control by allowing the bell file's audio output to be independently adjusted during ringtone playback. When a call is received, the system can control the volume of the bell file separately from the media file playback, providing flexible and controllable audio output levels.
3Reliability
If a music file is played back as a ringtone, then the ringtone function works, but the video multimedia advantage is not utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video multimedia file into video and audio components, with the video file designated as the media file for visual display on the screen and the extracted audio designated as the bell file for sound output. This allows the system to utilize both video and audio capabilities of multimedia devices while maintaining reliable ringtone functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the mobile terminal to function as a multimedia device by allowing video files to serve as ringtones. The media file provides visual output on the display screen while the bell file provides audio output through the speaker, thereby utilizing the universal multimedia capabilities of modern mobile devices for the primary call function.
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AI summary
A method and system for providing a video multimedia ringtone include setting, by a processor, a silent video separated from a multimedia file, as a media file that is a video file of a ringtone, setting, by the processor, a selected sound source as a bell file that is a sound file of the ringtone, and simultaneously playing back, by the processor, the media file and the bell file that are set as the ringtone, in response to an incoming call signal.