Video Frame Selection Using Attitudinal Data Ranking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Social networking systems face challenges in selecting and presenting relevant video frames to users based on attitudinal data associated with social network objects, such as users and locations, which affects user engagement and content sharing.

Innovation Solution

The system identifies users and social network objects within video frames, accesses attitudinal data from a media database, and ranks frames based on similarity to positively rated images, selecting and presenting top-ranked frames that align with user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If the system presents all video frames to users, then complete content is provided, but user engagement decreases due to information overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of video frames presentedVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complete video content into individual frames and selectively presents only certain frames based on attitudinal data analysis. This segmentation allows the system to divide the large quantity of video data into manageable units that can be evaluated and presented based on user preferences, thereby maintaining engagement while providing comprehensive content coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the selection parameter from presenting all frames to presenting only frames with positive attitudinal scores. By introducing attitudinal data as a selection criterion, the system transforms the frame presentation from a quantity-based approach to a quality-based approach, improving user engagement by filtering out less relevant content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the system uses attitudinal data to rank frames, then user preference alignment improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframe selection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis by pre-computing attitudinal scores for video frames based on social network data before user interaction. This preliminary action stores attitudinal information in advance, allowing the ranking system to simply retrieve and sort pre-analyzed data rather than performing complex real-time analysis, thus improving selection accuracy while managing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces attitudinal data as an intermediary layer between the raw video content and user presentation. This intermediary layer aggregates information from multiple sources (social network data, user interactions) into a single scoring mechanism that simplifies the ranking process, enabling precise frame selection without requiring direct complex analysis of all video content attributes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If the system analyzes attitudinal data for each frame, then content relevance improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidframe processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs attitudinal analysis in advance before video playback or user request, pre-computing relevance scores for all frames. This preliminary processing stores the attitudinal data in a database, allowing rapid retrieval and ranking during actual use without repeating the time-consuming analysis, thus maintaining content relevance while minimizing processing time during user interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs attitudinal analysis on all video frames in advance (excessive action), creating a complete pre-analyzed dataset. This allows the system to have all possible information available for any user query, enabling rapid response by simply retrieving pre-computed results rather than analyzing frames on-demand, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining comprehensive content relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS8774452B2Preferred images from captured video sequence
Publication Date: 2014.07.08 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a user in one or more frames of a video file, accesses a data store for image attitudinal data associated with the user, ranks the one or more frames based on the image attitudinal data associated with the user, and presents one or more top ranked frames to the user.