Text-Based Scrubber for Audio Content Navigation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional approaches for sharing content on social networking systems lack the ability to effectively navigate and enhance audio content, preventing users from fully expressing themselves by associating specific portions of audio with visual content, such as images or videos.

Innovation Solution

The system provides an interface for users to associate portions of audio content with visual content, using a text-based scrubber to select specific segments, and offers animation techniques like dynamic, typewriter, cube, and karaoke to customize the presentation of lyrics during audio-visual content sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional content sharing approaches are used, then content can be shared basicly, but users cannot precisely select or navigate audio content segments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaudio content selection precisionVSAvoidaudio content navigation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The audio content is segmented into discrete phrases with associated timestamps, allowing users to navigate to specific segments by selecting individual phrases rather than dealing with continuous audio streams. This segmentation enables precise control over which audio portions are associated with visual content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A text-based scrubber interface acts as an intermediary between the user and the audio content. Users interact with the scrubber by selecting phrases displayed as text, which then translates to precise audio segment selection. This intermediary layer simplifies the navigation process while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If audio content is associated with visual content, then user expression is enhanced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser expression capabilityVSAvoidcontent association system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The content provider system is enhanced with multi-functionality to handle various content types (visual and audio) and their combinations. The same platform can share images, videos, and audio clips, and the system automatically manages the complexity of associating different content types through standardized interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple animation techniques are provided for lyrics display, then content engagement is improved, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanimation technique varietyVSAvoidinterface design
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lyrics display interface incorporates dynamic animation techniques that automatically adapt to the audio content being played. Different animation styles (typewriter, cube, karaoke, dynamic) can be applied based on user selection or content type, providing engaging visual feedback without requiring complex manual control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11321388B2Systems and methods for generating and sharing content
Publication Date: 2022.05.03 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an interface for associating at least one portion of selected audio content with visual content to be shared through a content provider system. A text-based scrubber can be provided in the interface for navigating to different segments of the selected audio content, wherein the text-based scrubber permits accessing a first segment of the audio content by selecting a first phrase of the audio content that corresponds to the first segment.