Video Stagnation Media Display via Frame Similarity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current network media information publication technologies face challenges in increasing click-through and transformation rates, especially under poor network bandwidth conditions, leading to increased user waiting times and reduced attention, which results in wasted resources due to blind publishing volume expansion.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that pre-downloads multiple network media information pieces matching a video play request, detects stagnation events during video playback, and calculates the similarity between frame pictures and stored media information to display the most relevant media on the playing interface, thereby enhancing user attention and reducing resource wastage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If network media information is published with expanded volume to increase user attention, then click-through rate may improve, but network resource waste increases due to blind publishing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclick-through rateVSAvoidnetwork resource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-downloads multiple pieces of network media information matching the video play request before the video plays. When a stagnation event occurs, the terminal can immediately display the pre-downloaded media information without needing to request new content from the server, thus avoiding unnecessary network resource consumption while maintaining the ability to provide relevant content to users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal detects stagnation events during video playback and uses this feedback to trigger the display of pre-downloaded network media information. The system calculates similarity between frame pictures and stored media information to determine which content to display, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that adapts to actual playback conditions and avoids blind publishing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If network media information is published under poor bandwidth conditions, then user attention may be maintained, but user waiting time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser attentionVSAvoiduser waiting time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal pre-downloads multiple pieces of network media information matching the video play request before the video plays. When a stagnation event occurs during playback, the system can immediately display the pre-downloaded media information without requiring additional network requests, thus maintaining user attention while avoiding further waiting time that would result from real-time content fetching under poor bandwidth conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If multiple pieces of network media information are pre-downloaded, then relevance to video content improves, but device storage and memory usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoiddevice storage usage
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system downloads multiple pieces of network media information that match the video play request, which is more than would be strictly necessary for a single video. However, this partial over-provisioning ensures that relevant content is available when stagnation events occur, and the terminal selects only the most relevant pre-downloaded content for display based on similarity calculation, thus balancing storage usage with content relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

4Reliability

If network media information is displayed during video stagnation, then user engagement increases, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal pre-calculates and stores multiple pieces of network media information that match the video play request before playback begins. When a stagnation event occurs, the system simply needs to calculate similarity between the current frame picture and the pre-downloaded media information, rather than fetching and processing new content, thus reducing real-time processing complexity while maintaining user engagement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10405033B2Method for controlling network media information publication, apparatus, and server
Publication Date: 2019.09.03 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for controlling network media information publication, an apparatus and a server are provided. More than one piece of network media information may be pre-downloaded. When a video is played, a stagnation event of the video is detected. When a stagnation event occurs, a frame picture related to the stagnation event is read. A degree of similarity between the frame picture and each piece of network media information is calculated. A piece of network media information having a highest degree of similarity with the frame picture is selected; and the network media information is displayed on a current playing interface. In this way, a click-through rate and a transformation rate of network media information, and the amount of attention on given to network media information when a network bandwidth condition is not good can be increased.