Video Bookmark Threads for Synchronized Shared Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in recreating a shared multimedia viewing experience for individuals connected virtually, as advances in technology have removed the constraints that once drove communal viewing, but people still desire to share and synchronize video experiences across different devices and locations.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to create and share video bookmarks with attached comments, enabling synchronization of playback across devices and organizing these comments into discussion threads, which can be searched and aggregated for a personalized program guide, facilitating a shared viewing experience even when individuals are not physically together.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users view multimedia content on personal devices independently, then each user can access content at any time and place, but the shared viewing experience is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces bookmarks as an intermediary mechanism that bridges individual viewing experiences. Bookmarks capture specific time points and user comments, serving as mediators that enable sharing and synchronization of viewing experiences across different devices and locations without requiring simultaneous physical presence
2Ease of operation
If users watch different programs on personal devices, then individual viewing freedom is maximized, but social interaction around shared content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where user comments and reactions to bookmarked content are captured and shared with others. This feedback loop allows users to express their viewing experiences and enables others to join or react to the same content, maintaining social connection while preserving individual viewing freedom
3Adaptability or versatility
If virtual connections replace physical gathering, then geographical constraints are removed, but the sense of shared presence is diminished
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates copies of viewing experience data through bookmarks that capture time points, content identifiers, and user comments. These copies can be shared and activated by others, allowing virtual participants to synchronize their viewing and create a sense of shared presence without requiring physical co-location
Data Source
AI summary
Data about content of the videos is organized into threads for the videos. The threads also contain video bookmarks. Different data are associated with different video bookmarks. The video bookmarks include a frame of the video that marks a time point in the video corresponding to the associated data. The video bookmarks enabling playback of the video from the marked time point. The threads are stored and published to allow subsequent searching by third parties. The video bookmarks can be shared with the third parties.