Video Storage Management Across Local and Remote Locations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in managing and storing video data across multiple storage locations due to varying formats and quality requirements, which complicates storage space management and access to video files.
Innovation Solution
A video management system that stores video data in different formats across local and remote storage locations, downgrading video quality for local storage to conserve resources while maintaining higher quality versions in remote storage, and associating metadata with video data for context and retrieval purposes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If video data is stored in high quality format locally, then video quality is improved, but storage space is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by storing video data in different quality formats at different storage locations. High-quality video is stored in remote storage locations, while lower-quality versions are stored locally. This allows the system to optimize storage space locally while preserving access to high-quality video when needed, resolving the contradiction between video quality and storage space consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent resolves the storage quality-space contradiction by adding a spatial dimension to the storage strategy. Instead of choosing between quality and space in a single location, the system distributes different quality versions across multiple storage locations (local vs. remote). This multi-dimensional approach allows simultaneous optimization of both quality and storage space by leveraging available remote storage capacity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If video data is distributed across multiple storage locations, then access flexibility is improved, but management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by implementing automated systems that handle the complexity of multi-location video data management. The system automatically determines which video data to store locally versus remotely, manages format conversions, and handles retrieval operations without requiring manual user intervention. This automation resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to provide flexible multi-location access while the automated management infrastructure handles the complexity internally.
3Quantity of substance
If video quality characteristics are reduced for local storage, then storage space is conserved, but video quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing video data management into different quality segments stored at different locations. The system segments video data into high-quality versions (stored remotely) and lower-quality versions (stored locally), allowing each segment to serve its specific purpose. This resolves the contradiction by ensuring that storage space is conserved locally through lower-quality segments while high-quality segments are preserved in remote storage for when they are needed.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage the storage of video data in multiple storage locations. In one example, a system obtains video data from a video source and stores the video data in a first format in a first storage location. Additionally, the system stores the video data in a second format in a second storage location, wherein the second format comprises one or more lesser video quality characteristics than the first format. The system further identifies metadata associated with the video data and stores the metadata in the second storage location.