Interactive Video Conferencing System for Smart TV Virtual Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interactive and supplemental content systems for viewers are decoupled, lacking easy-to-deploy video conferencing capabilities on smart TV devices, which misses the core use case of facilitating communications via large screen TVs, and fails to provide immersive virtual event experiences.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for providing interactive virtual event sessions using data communication sessions across multiple devices, with AI-driven adjustment and editing of audio-video feeds, creation of virtual settings, and integration of audio/video input capabilities for real-time conferencing and content sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If decoupled separate communication channels are used for supplemental content, then content delivery is simplified, but user engagement and immersion are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously decoupled communication channels into a unified interactive video conferencing system. The main video stream and supplemental content channels are integrated to work together seamlessly, allowing presenters to share content while maintaining direct communication with viewers through the same platform, thereby enhancing user engagement and immersion.
Solution Approach 2:
The video conferencing system is designed with multi-functionality to handle various communication needs within a single platform. It can deliver main video content, supplemental materials, enable real-time interaction, and provide analytics all through one integrated system, replacing the need for multiple separate channels while improving versatility.
2Device complexity
If smart TV devices lack video conferencing capabilities, then device complexity is reduced, but the core use case of facilitating communications via large screen TVs is missed
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares and processes video feeds, content delivery, and interaction management in advance through cloud-based infrastructure. By performing these functions remotely before they are needed, the smart TV device can maintain simplicity while still providing full video conferencing capabilities when required.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary communication platform that bridges smart TV devices and communication participants. This mediator handles the complex video conferencing processing, content delivery, and interaction management, allowing the TV device to remain simple while still enabling comprehensive communication facilitation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If AI-driven adjustment and editing processes are implemented for audio-video feeds, then content quality and user engagement are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs AI-driven adjustments, edits, and optimizations of audio-video feeds in advance before the actual video conferencing event. By pre-processing content and preparing adjusted feeds beforehand, the system can deliver high-quality content during the live event without introducing significant processing delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or manual video processing methods with AI-based automated systems. These intelligent algorithms efficiently analyze and adjust audio-video feeds, providing superior content quality and faster processing compared to conventional approaches, thereby reducing the time-quality trade-off.
4Adaptability or versatility
If photorealistic virtual environments are created for virtual events, then user immersion and engagement are enhanced, but system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a cloud-based virtual environment generation platform that acts as an intermediary between the simple smart TV device and the complex photorealistic virtual environments. The cloud infrastructure handles the computationally intensive tasks of creating and rendering virtual settings, allowing the TV device to remain simple while still providing immersive experiences.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring the smart TV device to generate complex virtual environments locally, the system creates detailed virtual environment copies or representations in the cloud and streams them to the device. This allows photorealistic virtual settings to be delivered without increasing the complexity of the endpoint device.
Data Source
AI summary
A system, method, and/or computer storage medium encoded with a computer program are disclosed for providing an interactive virtual event session for respective pluralities of devices substantially in real-time. A data communication session is provided, to which a plurality of computing devices operated by participants of an event session connect. Respective audio-video feeds including content captured by respective cameras and microphones configured with the plurality of computing devices are received. Moreover, at least some of the content in at least two of the respective audio-video feeds is adjusted, including by executing editing processes. Furthermore, a virtual setting for the event session is provided to each of the plurality of computing devices, and modified to include at least the adjusted content. Changing views of the adjusted content and the virtual setting is provided to each of the plurality of computing devices, using artificial intelligence.