Session Recording Clip Extraction via Application Transition Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current recording technologies do not efficiently allow users to quickly identify and access specific application usage within session recordings, leading to user frustration and increased computing resource consumption due to manual searching and playback adjustments.
Innovation Solution
The recording service detects transitions in the desktop environment to generate metadata for extracting clips corresponding to application usage, including start and end frames, allowing for the construction of video clips that can be quickly viewed by users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual searching and playback adjustments are used to locate specific application usage in recordings, then users can find the desired portions, but user frustration increases and computing resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically generating metadata during the recording process that identifies start and end frames for each application usage. This preprocessing eliminates the need for manual searching during playback, as the desired portions are already marked and ready for immediate access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces metadata as an intermediary between the recording and the user. This metadata layer contains structured information about application usage boundaries, allowing users to quickly navigate to specific portions without manually scanning through the entire recording.
2Ease of operation
If manual searching and playback adjustments are used to locate specific application usage, then users can find the desired portions, but computing resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs the computationally intensive task of analyzing and marking application usage boundaries during the recording phase. By completing this preprocessing work beforehand, the playback phase requires minimal computing resources, as the system only needs to read and follow the pre-generated metadata markers.
Solution Approach 2:
The metadata acts as an intermediary that stores the results of complex analysis work. Instead of repeatedly performing resource-intensive analysis during each playback session, the system stores the analysis results in metadata that can be quickly read and used for navigation.
3Loss of information
If the entire recording is played back to find specific application usage, then users can locate the desired portions, but the process is inefficient and frustrating
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts specific application usage portions from the entire recording by identifying and marking their boundaries in the metadata. Users can then extract and play only the relevant portions corresponding to specific applications, rather than watching the complete recording.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary identification and marking of application usage boundaries during recording. This preprocessing enables efficient extraction of specific portions during playback, maintaining information completeness while dramatically improving access efficiency.
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AI summary
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for defining a clip within a recording. A device may generate a recording of a session of a user via which a plurality of applications is accessible. The device may detect a transition of an application of the plurality of applications in a foreground of the session. The device may identify, from the recording, a frame corresponding to the transition in the foreground. The device may store an identification of the frame corresponding to the transition to define a clip of the user within the recording using the application in the session.