Video Player Navigation Images Reduce Bandwidth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional video distribution systems and media players are inefficient in navigating and sharing video content over networks, leading to excessive bandwidth usage and inadequate user control.
Innovation Solution
A media player system that allows users to navigate directly to specific video segments using navigation images, enabling efficient sharing of video content without requiring scrubber control manipulation, and reduces network bandwidth usage by generating and transmitting resource locators with timecodes or segment pointers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If conventional video distribution systems transmit entire videos for sharing, then complete video content is delivered, but network bandwidth consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and transmits only the essential navigation information (timecodes and segment pointers) rather than the entire video content. When a user shares a video segment, the system transmits a compact resource locator containing timing information that allows the recipient to access only the specific segment needed, eliminating the need to transmit and receive unnecessary video data.
Solution Approach 2:
The video content is divided into discrete segments with associated timecodes and navigation images. This segmentation allows the system to reference and transmit only specific portions of video content rather than treating the entire video as a single unit, enabling efficient bandwidth utilization through selective content delivery.
2Ease of operation
If users manipulate scrubber controls to navigate video segments, then video navigation is possible, but user interface complexity and operation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Navigation images serve as intermediary elements between the user and the video content. Instead of requiring direct manipulation of scrubber controls, users interact with visual navigation images that represent specific video segments. These navigation images act as a simplified interface layer that translates user selections into precise video segment playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies (navigation images) of video segments that can be selected and shared independently. These navigation images are simplified representations that capture the essence of video segments without requiring the full complexity of video playback controls, making navigation more intuitive and accessible.
3Productivity
If conventional media players transmit full video content for sharing, then recipients can view complete videos, but transmission time and network resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only the essential navigation information (timecodes and segment pointers) rather than the entire video content. This extraction approach reduces transmission time significantly while maintaining the ability to access and view specific video segments on the recipient's device.
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AI summary
An interactive video distribution system and video player are described. A client server arrangement may be used for providing a video player and video content to a client device. The video player may display navigation images enabling navigation to specific portions of the video content by activating a corresponding navigation image. The video player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video with other video players, enabling the video players to play the streamed segment of the video without having to play the entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage. The video player may be embeddable. The server may associate searchable tags with respective video segments.