Progress-Matched Video Viewing Rooms for Social Co-Watching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users viewing videos lack interactivity as they cannot connect with others watching the same content, limiting true collaborative viewing experiences.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that determine a user's viewing progress and match them with a projection room based on similar viewing times, sending invitations to access and interact with others in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users view videos individually on video detail pages, then each user can access video information independently, but user interaction and social connection are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a projection room as an intermediary space that connects multiple users viewing the same video. The projection room serves as a mediator between individual users, enabling social interaction while maintaining independent video access. Users are matched based on viewing progress and invited to join projection rooms, thus recovering social connection information without compromising individual viewing convenience
2Loss of information
If users are matched with projection rooms based on viewing progress, then user interaction is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses viewing progress as a key parameter for matching users into projection rooms. By changing the matching criterion from random or manual to progress-based automated matching, the system enhances social connection recovery while managing complexity through algorithmic approaches. The server automatically matches users based on their viewing progress parameters, reducing the need for complex manual intervention
3Measurement precision
If real-time viewing progress tracking is implemented, then accurate matching is achieved, but data processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a system where users' viewing progress is automatically tracked and reported to the server without requiring additional user actions. The client device self-services by monitoring its own viewing progress and transmitting this data when appropriate (e.g., when reaching certain progress milestones). This approach achieves accurate measurement while reducing continuous data processing load, as data transmission is event-driven rather than continuous
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AI summary
This application provides a method and apparatus for view videos. The method includes determining a viewing progress of viewing a target video by a user, determining a target projection room associated with the target video based on the viewing progress; and sending the user a video viewing invitation to access the target projection room. This implements that a projection room with a similar progress is matched for the user, so that the user can view a video with another user together.