Web Video Editing Timeline Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current web-based video editing systems lack the capability to efficiently incorporate and manage temporal, non-temporal, and audio data in a unified and interactive manner, limiting user flexibility and video editing experiences.

Innovation Solution

A web-based video editing system that utilizes a server with a connection manager and a graphical user interface, allowing users to create and modify videos by processing user interactive requests, transmitting linked lists of selected data, and displaying multimedia elements with temporal and non-temporal data on a timeline, enabling asynchronous messaging and multimedia display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If web-based video editing systems use traditional editing methods, then system simplicity is maintained, but the capability to efficiently incorporate and manage temporal, non-temporal, and audio data in a unified manner is lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapability to incorporate and manage temporal, non-temporal, and audio dataVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments video data into distinct temporal data segments and non-temporal data segments, allowing independent management and processing of different data types. The timeline is divided into discrete segments where temporal data (video frames, audio samples) and non-temporal data (metadata, annotations) can be organized separately yet unified through the common timeline structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The timeline structure serves as a universal container that can hold multiple types of data (temporal, non-temporal, and audio data) in a unified manner. This multi-functional timeline allows the system to manage diverse data types through a single interface and data structure, enhancing adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system processes multiple data types simultaneously, then user flexibility and video editing experiences are enhanced, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser flexibility in video editingVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments different data types (temporal, non-temporal, audio) into distinct categories that can be processed independently through specialized handlers. Each data type has its own processing rules and methods, reducing the complexity of managing them simultaneously while maintaining user flexibility through unified access via the timeline interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8286069B2System and method for editing web-based video
Publication Date: 2012.10.09 MYSPACE LLC
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AI summary

A web-based video editing system configured to edit an interactive video is provided. The web-based video editing system includes an editing system configured to receive and process one or more user interactive video editing requests, wherein the editing system is configured to process the requests by generating information indicative of a linked list; a communication device configured to: receive the generated information; examine a current state of the interactive video; and generate information indicative of the examined current state of the video; and a graphical user interface in communication with the communication device and configured to display the edited interactive video.