In-Memory Copying for Transmedia Version Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing and visualizing transmedia content are inadequate in predicting trends, grouping time-ordered content effectively, and providing real-time visualization, especially on lower-power devices like smartphones, which hinders efficient content creation, sharing, and consumption.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method for manipulating non-linearly connected transmedia content data items involves creating a copy with a pointer to the original item and its linking data, allowing for modification and storage, along with version control and notification mechanisms, enabling efficient processing and collaboration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If content items are copied and modified to enable version control and collaboration, then content management efficiency and collaboration capability are improved, but data storage requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the original content item in memory when modification is requested, allowing the copy to be edited independently while the original remains intact. This enables version control and collaboration without permanently duplicating data in persistent storage, thus improving productivity while managing storage requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content management process into distinct phases: retrieval of original item, creation of in-memory copy, modification of copy, and conditional storage. This segmentation allows the system to maintain efficiency through localized operations while only committing changes to storage when necessary, balancing productivity gains with storage overhead.
2Ease of operation
If real-time visualization of transmedia content is implemented, then user feedback and interaction are improved, but processing power requirements and device performance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary in-memory copy as a buffer between the original stored content and the user interaction layer. This intermediary allows real-time manipulation and visualization without directly processing the full original content, reducing the processing power burden on devices while maintaining real-time feedback capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to content management by implementing version control with timestamps and modification tracking. This allows the system to manage multiple versions efficiently and provides users with temporal feedback about content changes without requiring excessive processing power to maintain all versions simultaneously in active memory.
3Adaptability or versatility
If non-linear connections between transmedia content items are managed, then content versatility and user exploration are improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates in-memory copies of content items that maintain references to their parent and child items in the non-linear structure. This copying mechanism allows the system to manage complex non-linear relationships without permanently duplicating the entire structure, enabling content versatility while controlling system complexity through selective replication only when modification is needed.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to systems and methods for manipulating non-linearly connected transmedia content, in particular for creating, processing and managing non-linearly connected transmedia content. The disclosure includes content creation modes and version control systems for non-linearly connected transmedia content data, in which individual transmedia content data items are connected to either other via directional linking data.