Video Container System for Multiplexing Multiple Video Sources
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current television viewing models are limited in their ability to multiplex multiple video sources and provide flexible control over entertainment content, leading to user frustration and a lack of integration with internet-based content, which restricts the entertainment industry's potential for enhanced user experience, social interaction, and advertising.
Innovation Solution
A video container system that allows for the simultaneous display of multiple video sources, including live and on-demand content from various platforms, with flexible sizing, positioning, and configuration options, enabling users to customize their viewing experience and integrate internet-based content, while also providing features like video conferencing and interactive advertising.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional single-channel viewing model is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability and versatility of the system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments video content into discrete container objects that can be independently manipulated. Each container holds a specific video source or content type, allowing the system to organize and manage multiple video sources without overwhelming complexity. This segmentation enables flexible arrangement and control of individual content elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The video container system serves multiple functions: it acts as a display frame, a control interface, a content organizer, and a multiplexing unit. A single container structure can hold different types of content (live TV, recorded shows, internet videos, local files) and perform various operations (resize, move, mute, record), reducing the need for separate specialized components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple video sources are multiplexed simultaneously, then adaptability improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages container arrangement, sizing, and content routing based on user selections. When a user selects content, the system self-adjusts the interface by creating or activating appropriate containers, managing their positions and sizes, and coordinating audio/video routing without requiring manual configuration of each parameter.
Solution Approach 2:
Video containers serve as intermediary objects between the user and the complex underlying system. Instead of directly controlling multiple video sources and their parameters, users interact with simple container objects that mediate the complexity, providing an intuitive interface for managing multiple content streams.
3Adaptability or versatility
If picture in picture mode is implemented, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Containers are dynamic objects that can be freely resized, repositioned, and reconfigured by users at any time. Unlike fixed picture-in-picture modes with predetermined layouts, these containers adapt to user needs by allowing continuous adjustment of size, position, and visibility, providing flexible multi-view displays without complex preset configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extends the traditional single-screen display into a multi-container spatial arrangement, allowing content to be distributed across different regions and sizes on the display. This dimensional approach to content organization enables flexible multi-view displays beyond conventional picture-in-picture limitations.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a system for multiplexing (i.e. combining multiple signals into one signal) both a plurality of video content (live and deferred time) and multiple video access mediums (such as cable television, satellite, internet video (clips, programming and movies), video games, DVD players, etc.) in a viewer friendly manner to enhance entertainment and other entertainment possibilities. The output of a selected video content is seen in a container known as a video container. Multiple video containers can be resized and positioned on a large screen television or other display device under viewer control. Control of video containers' video content or other content viewed, audio, and a host of other properties are done via web page controls or preferably connected mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets or other devices.