Server-Mediated Video Call Special Effects for Peer Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video call methods lack interactivity and interest, resulting in a poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A video call method and apparatus that allows users to apply special effects to their video images, enabling interactive and engaging video calls by adding special effects to the video images of participants through a server-mediated process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If special effects are added to video call images, then interactivity and interest are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary to manage special effect processing. The server receives video data from clients, applies special effects, and returns processed video data. This mediator approach transfers the complexity of special effect processing from individual client devices to the server, allowing clients to maintain simplicity while still enjoying enhanced interactivity and special effects during video calls.
2Adaptability or versatility
If special effects are applied to peer user videos, then user experience is enhanced, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies special effects selectively to specific users in the video call rather than processing all video streams uniformly. The system allows users to choose which peers' video images to apply special effects to, and different special effects can be applied to different users. This localized approach optimizes network bandwidth consumption by processing only the necessary video streams with special effects while maintaining enhanced user experience for selected participants.
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AI summary
Provided are a video call method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a video call page; in response to receiving a first trigger operation using a first target special effect, determining a first action object of the first target special effect; in response to determining that the first action object includes a target peer user, sending a special effect request to a server to request an acquisition of a first special effect image where the first target special effect is added, where the first special effect image is used for being displayed at a client of at least one user; and in response to receiving the first special effect image forwarded by the server, updating a first video call image displayed in a first display region corresponding to the target peer user as the first special effect image.