Video Chat Synchronization Server Timestamp Database
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in effectively sharing real-time opinions or empathizing with others while watching video content, as existing chat systems do not synchronize chat messages with video playback time, leading to poor communication and difficulty in understanding the context of chat messages within video content.
Innovation Solution
A video-related chat message management server and program that stores and displays chat messages synchronized with video playback time, using a database and chat message providing module to group messages, set timestamps, and control exposure timing, allowing synchronized display with video content playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If chat messages are displayed in a chat window without synchronization, then users can share opinions in real time, but users cannot understand which part of the video content corresponds to the chat message
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a chat message management server as an intermediary between the video playback system and the chat display system. This server receives chat messages with timestamp information, stores them in a database, and provides synchronized display by matching timestamps with video playback time. The intermediary handles the complexity of synchronization centrally, allowing the client-side display system to remain relatively simple while gaining rich contextual information.
2Loss of information
If users watch video content while displaying it till the end, then users can view complete video content, but communication effect is relatively poor compared to text content chat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-processing and timestamping chat messages before video playback begins. The chat message management server receives and stores chat messages with their corresponding timestamps in advance, so that when video playback starts, the messages are already organized and ready for immediate synchronized display. This eliminates the need for real-time processing during playback, improving both communication effectiveness and time efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If chat message contains playback position phrase, then chat message specifies video position, but user must intentionally access specific playback position to sympathize with chat message
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by automatically displaying the relevant chat message at the corresponding playback position in the video. When the video playback reaches a specific timestamp, the system automatically retrieves and displays the associated chat message from the database, providing immediate feedback to the user. This eliminates the need for users to manually navigate to specific positions, as the system automatically brings the relevant communication context to the user's attention.
Data Source
AI summary
A chat message management server is provided. The chat message management server may include a database for storing a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content played in at least one user terminal from among specific video contents provided from at least one video playback platform; and a chat message providing module that provides a chat message stored in the database such that the chat message is displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents when the specific video contents are played back.