Video Stream Supplemental Content Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video conferencing systems on mobile devices lack the ability to efficiently share supplemental content, such as images or animations, during a session, requiring users to interrupt the video stream and switch to other applications, which is time-consuming and disruptive.
Innovation Solution
Implementing electronic devices with cameras and processing circuitry that allow users to add supplemental content directly into the outgoing video stream within the video conferencing application, including static, animated, and adaptive content, without requiring local storage or exiting the application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share supplemental content during video conferencing by switching to other applications, then content sharing capability is improved, but time efficiency and continuity of communication deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines supplemental content sharing functionality directly within the video conferencing application interface, merging what were previously separate functions (video conferencing and content sharing) into a single integrated system. This allows users to share images, videos, and other content without exiting the conferencing application, thereby maintaining communication continuity and time efficiency while improving content sharing capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If users share supplemental content by switching applications, then content sharing capability is improved, but communication continuity and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges content sharing functionality within the video conferencing application, allowing users to share supplemental content without interrupting the communication flow. The content is integrated into the video stream, enabling seamless interaction and maintaining user engagement throughout the conferencing session
3Loss of time
If supplemental content is integrated directly into the video stream, then time efficiency and communication continuity are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal content integration system that can handle multiple types of supplemental content (images, videos, animations, text) through a single integrated mechanism within the video conferencing application. This multi-functional approach allows the system to efficiently integrate various content types without requiring separate handling mechanisms for each, thereby managing device complexity while maintaining time efficiency
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AI summary
The subject technology provides a video conferencing application in which a live incoming or outgoing video stream can be supplemented with supplemental content, such as stickers, animations, etc., from within the video conferencing application. In this manner, a user participating in a video conferencing session with a remote user can add stickers, animations, and/or adaptive content to an outgoing video stream being captured by the device of the user, or to an incoming video stream from the device of the remote user, without having to locally cache/store a video clip before editing, and without having to leave the video conferencing session (or the video conferencing application) to access a video editing application.