Video Annotation Tool Time Segment Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content sharing mechanisms do not allow users to personalize or add additional content to pre-defined content, limiting user interaction and customization.
Innovation Solution
An annotation tool that enables users to associate annotations with specific time segments of a video, allowing for customization and sharing of annotated content, with other users able to further annotate and share the video.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share pre-defined video content through conventional mechanisms, then content sharing is enabled, but user personalization and content customization are not allowed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments video content into discrete time segments and associates annotations with specific segments rather than the entire video. This allows users to personalize content at granular levels without overwhelming system complexity, as annotations are applied locally to segments rather than globally to the whole video.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to content personalization by associating annotations with specific time segments. This transforms the personalization capability from static (entire video) to dynamic (specific moments), enabling rich customization without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If annotations are associated with specific time segments, then playback experience is enhanced, but data structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses thumbnail images as visual copies or representations of video segments. Each thumbnail serves as a simplified visual reference that links to the corresponding time segment and its annotations, making the enhanced playback experience accessible without exposing users to the underlying data structure complexity.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple users annotate and share video content collaboratively, then content richness increases, but system complexity and management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal annotation system where annotations are stored in a centralized database accessible by multiple users. The same annotation infrastructure serves both individual and collaborative use cases, allowing content richness to grow without proportionally increasing system management complexity through shared resources and standardized access protocols.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to annotating and sharing content. In aspects, an annotation tool presents a user interface that allows a user to enter and view annotations associated with content such as a video. The annotation tool allows the user to associate each annotation with a particular time segment of the video such that when that time segment is played in a video player, its associated annotation is presented. The annotation tool also presents a user interface that allows the user to share the video as annotated with other users as desired. Other users receiving the annotated video may further annotate the video and share it with others.