Slide Show Metadata Grouping for Dynamic Content Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face complexity in preparing and managing content for a slide show across devices, making it difficult to effectively change or edit the content during the presentation.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize metadata groups to transmit and manage image and music content between devices, allowing for dynamic playback and editing of slide shows by generating and transmitting metadata that includes playing rules for images and music, enabling seamless content modification and playback across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If slide show content is prepared using traditional methods across devices, then the slide show can be played, but the process becomes complicated and content modification during playback becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts content preparation and management functions into a separate content provider device, separating the complexity of content management from the playback device. The metadata containing all preparation information is extracted and transmitted independently, allowing simple playback on the external device while maintaining full content control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces metadata as an intermediary element that carries all content preparation information between the content provider device and the external playback device. This metadata acts as a mediator that encapsulates complex content management data, allowing the external device to play back content without needing complex content management capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If slide show content is prepared in advance on one device, then the slide show can be played on another device, but real-time content changes during playback become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables dynamic content modification by allowing the content provider device to update metadata during playback. The system transitions from static pre-prepared content to dynamic content that can be modified in real-time, with the external device receiving and applying metadata updates without interrupting the overall playback flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary content preparation by creating complete metadata with all possible content variations and configurations in advance. This preliminary action includes preparing multiple content options and their corresponding metadata, enabling rapid switching and modification during playback without requiring complex real-time processing.
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AI summary
A system and a method of providing metadata for a slide show to an external device are provided. The method includes determining a plurality of images for the slide show, grouping the determined plurality of images into a plurality of image groups, generating a plurality of metadata groups that respectively correspond to the plurality of image groups, and sequentially transmitting the generated plurality of metadata groups to the external device. The plurality of metadata groups include metadata regarding images included in an image group that corresponds to the plurality of metadata groups.