The invention belongs to the technical field of material libraries, and particularly relates to a cloud shear material library system and an implementation method.
Background
The microblog cloud shear is a one-stop online service platform which is jointly promoted by hundred million and microblogs and integrates three functions of short video rapid production, copyright material transaction, content distribution and multi-level data analysis and management; the cloud cutting material library system provides a large amount of materials for a user and can store the materials uploaded by the user, the user can search the materials required by the user in the system, but the user needs to download the materials to be stored in a terminal of the user and then upload the materials to the material library system, so that the operation is complex, the material library system has a single material acquisition mode, and the management mode in the material library is single; meanwhile, when a user searches materials in the system, the user can only search in the material library, the search range is small, and the user cannot easily find the materials required by the user.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems, the invention provides a novel cloud material cutting library system and an implementation method thereof, wherein the cloud material cutting library system and the implementation method adopt various modes of directly obtaining materials through microblogs, so that the operation steps are simplified, the diversity of the obtaining modes is increased, the search range is expanded, and a user can find the required materials more conveniently.
The specific technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
the invention provides a cloud shear material library system, which comprises:
the material library establishing module is used for establishing a material library;
the material searching module is used for searching required materials in the material library according to the keywords, calling the materials corresponding to the keywords from the microblog materials and the third-party materials and generating a material list;
the material acquisition module is used for acquiring materials uploaded, purchased and self-made by a user and storing the materials into a material library;
the material acquisition module comprises:
the material uploading unit is used for acquiring the material uploaded by the user from the terminal, identifying the type of the material and storing the material and the uploading time into a material library in a correlated manner;
the material purchasing unit is used for selecting required materials from the material list, paying for purchasing the materials after adding the materials into a shopping cart, identifying the types of the materials and storing the materials and purchasing time into a material library in a correlated manner;
and the material production unit is used for editing one or more videos to generate a material required by the user, and storing the material and the generation time into a material library in a correlated manner, wherein the video is a video in a material list, a video stored in a user terminal or a video live in a live broadcast room.
In a further refinement, the materials library comprises:
the video material module is used for storing videos uploaded, purchased and self-made by users;
the audio material module is used for storing audio uploaded and purchased by a user;
the picture material module is used for storing pictures uploaded and purchased by the user;
and the material sharing module is used for storing the materials shared by the user and others, wherein the sharing is shared by the intranet users or the users in the authority range.
In a further improvement, the material sharing module comprises:
the self material unit is used for establishing a self folder, acquiring a material shared by a user, storing the material in association with a material type, adding time and an adding person, and naming the self folder, wherein the material type comprises video, audio, pictures or live broadcast;
the other-person material unit is used for establishing other-person folders and storing materials shared by intranet users;
the authority setting unit is used for carrying out authority setting on the folder per se, wherein the authority setting comprises adding members, deleting members, forbidding adding materials and allowing adding materials, the added members can browse the materials in the folder per se, and the deleted members cannot browse the materials in the folder per se;
the picture material module comprises a picture uploading unit and a picture purchasing unit which are respectively used for storing pictures uploaded and purchased by a user;
the audio material module comprises an audio uploading unit and an audio purchasing unit which are respectively used for storing the audio uploaded and purchased by the user;
the video material module comprises a video uploading unit, a video purchasing unit and a video producing unit which are respectively used for storing videos uploaded, purchased and edited by users.
In a further improvement, the material library further comprises:
the channel establishing module is used for establishing a new material channel and storing and managing materials which do not belong to the categories of videos, audios and pictures;
the sharing module is used for sharing the materials in each material channel according to the selection of a user, selecting the names of folders in the material units per se and storing the selected materials into the corresponding folders per se;
and the material management module is used for managing the material channels and the materials in the material sharing module.
In a further improvement, the material management module comprises:
the material deleting unit is used for deleting one or more materials selected by a user in each material channel or the material sharing module;
the material arranging unit is used for arranging the materials in each material channel or the material sharing module according to a time sequence selected by a user, wherein the time sequence comprises a time ascending sequence and a time descending sequence;
the material screening unit is used for screening the materials in each material channel according to the material states selected by the user, wherein the material states comprise successful warehousing, failed warehousing, in-warehousing and all;
the material operation unit is used for operating the materials in each material channel, and the operation comprises the operations of clipping and downloading the materials in the video material module and the operations of downloading the materials in the audio material module and the picture material module;
and the material authority unit is used for carrying out audit authority setting according to the materials in each material channel selected by the user, and the materials with the audit authority are required to be audited by a material manager when being shared.
In a further improvement, the material library further comprises a plurality of search modules, and each search module searches the materials in each material channel and the material sharing module according to the keywords and selects to arrange the searched materials according to the ascending order or the descending order of time.
In a further refinement, the material search module comprises:
the keyword acquisition unit is used for acquiring keywords input by a user;
the type acquisition unit is used for acquiring the type of search selected by a user, wherein the type comprises video, audio and pictures, and the pictures further comprise a world cup picture, an editing picture and an creative picture;
the material calling unit is used for calling corresponding materials from the microblog material library and the third-party material library according to the acquired keywords and the search type;
the searching unit is used for searching corresponding materials in a material sharing module of the material library according to the acquired keywords and the searching type;
and the material list generating unit is used for generating a material list from the called materials and the searched materials and arranging the materials according to the selection of the user, wherein the selection of the user comprises time, heat, forwarding amount and comment number.
In a further improvement, the material searching module further comprises:
the system comprises a label unit, a database unit and a processing unit, wherein the label unit is used for providing material sources of video, audio or picture materials, multi-level classification and search labels under all levels of categories for a user, the multi-level classification comprises classification of the video, the audio and the picture, the search labels are detailed classification of all the categories, and the material sources comprise a material library, microblog materials and third-party materials;
and the screening unit is used for acquiring the material source and one or more search tags selected by the user, and screening the highest matched material content in the material list according to the acquired content, wherein the search tags are one or more tags in the same level or a plurality of tags in different levels.
A cloud shear material library implementation method comprises the following steps:
s1: establishing a material library through a material library establishing module;
s2: searching a required material in a material library according to the keywords through a material searching module, calling the material corresponding to the keywords from the microblog material and the third-party material, and generating a material list;
s3: the method comprises the steps that materials uploaded from a terminal by a user are obtained through a material uploading unit, the types of the materials are identified, and then the materials and uploading time are stored in a material library in a correlated mode;
s4: the method comprises the steps that required materials are selected from a material list through a material purchasing unit, the materials are paid and purchased after being added into a shopping cart, the types of the materials are identified, and the materials and purchasing time are stored in a material library in a correlated mode;
s5: one or more videos are edited through a material production unit to generate a material required by the user, and the material and the generation time are stored in a material library in a correlated mode, wherein the videos are videos in a material list, videos stored in a user terminal or videos live in a live broadcast room.
In a further refinement, the method further comprises;
s6: storing videos uploaded, purchased and self-made by users through a video material module;
s7: storing the audio uploaded and purchased by the user through an audio material module;
s8: storing pictures uploaded and purchased by a user through a picture material module;
s9: and storing the materials shared by the user and others through a material sharing module, wherein the sharing is shared by the users on the internal network or shared by the users in the authority range.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention provides a new cloud clipping material library system and an implementation method, wherein the cloud clipping material library system and the implementation method firstly need to establish a material library, and a user can search in the material library when needing materials, can also search in microblog materials and third-party materials, and select the searched materials, or upload the materials stored in a terminal, or can also be self-clipped materials in microblog cloud clipping, and store the obtained materials in the material library, so that the later inquiry and calling are facilitated; this setting not only makes the acquirement of material more convenient, has increased the variety of the acquisition mode equally, has still enlarged the search range of material, and the user of being convenient for more finds required material and richens the material storehouse of oneself, and then the use of the media unit of being convenient for.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following examples and drawings.
Example 1
An embodiment 1 of the present invention provides a cloud material library system, as shown in fig. 1, where the material library system includes:
the material library establishing module 1 is used for establishing a material library;
the material searching module 2 is used for searching required materials in a material library according to the keywords, calling the materials corresponding to the keywords from the microblog materials and the third-party materials, and generating a material list;
the material acquisition module 3 is used for acquiring materials uploaded, purchased and self-made by a user and storing the materials into a material library;
the material acquisition module 3 includes:
the material uploading unit 301 is configured to acquire a material uploaded by a user from a terminal, identify the type of the material, and store the material and the uploading time in a material library in a correlated manner;
the material purchasing unit 302 is used for selecting required materials from the material list, paying for purchasing the materials after adding the materials into a shopping cart, identifying the types of the materials, and storing the materials and purchasing time into a material library in a correlated manner;
the material production unit 303 is configured to cut one or more videos to generate a material required by the user, and store the material and the generation time in a material library in association, where the video is a video in a material list, a video stored in a user terminal, or a video live in a live broadcast room.
The invention provides a new cloud clipping material library system, which firstly needs to establish a material library, when a user needs materials, the user can search in the material library, can search in microblog materials and third-party materials, select the searched materials, or upload the materials stored in a terminal, or can store the materials clipped by the user in the microblog cloud clipping, and the obtained materials are stored in the material library, so that the user can conveniently inquire and call the materials later; this setting not only makes the acquirement of material more convenient, has increased the variety of the acquisition mode equally, has still enlarged the search range of material, and the user of being convenient for more finds required material and richens the material storehouse of oneself, and then the use of the media unit of being convenient for.
Example 2
A cloud material library system, as shown in fig. 2, which is different from embodiment 1 in that: the material library comprises:
the video material module 4 is used for storing videos uploaded, purchased and self-made by users;
the audio material module 5 is used for storing audio uploaded and purchased by a user;
the picture material module 6 is used for storing pictures uploaded and purchased by the user;
and the material sharing module 7 is used for storing the materials shared by the user and others, wherein the sharing is shared by the users in the internal network or the users in the authority range.
In this embodiment, the material sharing module 7 includes:
the self material unit 701 is used for establishing a self folder, acquiring a material shared by a user, storing the material in association with a material type, adding time and an adding person, and naming the self folder, wherein the material type comprises video, audio, pictures or live broadcast;
a others material unit 702, configured to establish others folders and store materials shared by intranet users;
the authority setting unit 703 is configured to perform authority setting on the folder of the user, where the authority setting includes adding members, deleting members, prohibiting adding materials, and allowing adding materials, the added members can browse the materials in the folder of the user, and the deleted members cannot browse the materials in the folder of the user;
the picture material module 6 comprises a picture uploading unit 601 and a picture purchasing unit 602, which are respectively used for storing pictures uploaded and purchased by the user;
the audio material module 5 comprises an audio uploading unit 501 and an audio purchasing unit 502, which are respectively used for storing the audio uploaded and purchased by the user;
the video material module 4 includes a video uploading unit 401, a video purchasing unit 402, and a video producing unit 403, which are used to store videos uploaded, purchased, and clipped by the user, respectively.
The material library stores various types of materials uploaded, purchased or self-made by users, and is convenient for the users to inquire and call the users and the intranet users, wherein the materials in the video material module, the audio material module and the picture material module can be only seen by the users, and the materials in the material sharing module can be inquired and called by the intranet users or the users in the authority range; the material sharing module comprises two folders: my folder and other people's folder, my shared material is stored in my folder, can newly build the folder in my folder, and name newly-built folder, the shared material of categorised storage, can carry out the authority setting to my folder or newly-built folder in my folder, if carry out the authority setting to newly-built folder a, add user A, user B in the authority setting, can also delete the operation to the user that adds, the user who deletes then can't see the material in folder a, this folder only these two users can see, carry out the authority setting to newly-built folder B, set up in the authority setting and forbid adding the material, the material that user newly-shared can't add to folder B, can only add to other folders, the content that the material in my folder shows is: the type of the material is video, music, pictures, live broadcast, and the number of the materials of each type is displayed below the icon of the my folder before the my folder is not opened.
The video material module comprises purchased videos, videos uploaded by me and videos produced by me, and the stored videos have the following contents displayed in the material video module: the method comprises the steps of title, duration, file size, resolution, label, state, warehousing time and operation, wherein the title, duration, file size and resolution are self-contained contents of a video, the label is added by a user during uploading, purchasing or clipping uploading, the warehousing time is the time of the system when a material is stored, the state is whether the video is successfully stored or not, the storage can be divided into warehousing success, warehousing failure and warehousing, the operation is the function of the system, and the video is clipped or downloaded; the audio material module and the picture material module respectively comprise purchased and uploaded contents, and displayed contents comprise titles, file sizes, resolutions, labels, states, warehousing time and operations, wherein the titles, the file sizes, the resolutions, the labels, the states and the warehousing time are the same as those of videos, but the operations are only downloading of audio or pictures.
Example 3
A cloud material library system, as shown in fig. 3, which is different from embodiment 2: the material library further comprises:
the channel establishing module 8 is used for establishing a new material channel and storing and managing materials which do not belong to the categories of videos, audios and pictures;
the sharing module 9 is configured to perform sharing operation on the materials in each material channel according to selection of a user, select a name of a folder in the self material unit 701, and store the selected materials in the corresponding folders;
and the material management module 10 is used for managing the material channels and the materials in the material sharing module 7.
In this embodiment, the material management module 10 includes:
a material deleting unit 101 configured to delete one or more materials selected by a user in each material channel or the material sharing module 7;
the material arranging unit 102 is configured to arrange the materials in each material channel or the material sharing module 7 according to a time sequence selected by a user, where the time sequence includes a time ascending sequence and a time descending sequence;
the material screening unit 103 is used for screening the materials in each material channel according to the material states selected by the user, wherein the material states comprise successful warehousing, failed warehousing, in-warehousing and all;
a material operation unit 104, configured to operate materials in each material channel, where the operation includes editing and downloading materials in the video material module 4, and downloading materials in the audio material module 5 and the picture material module 6;
and the material authority unit 105 is used for performing audit authority setting according to the materials in each material channel selected by the user, and the materials with the audit authority need to be audited by a material manager when being shared.
The invention aims to better manage the materials in the material library, and because the materials not only have the common types of video, audio and pictures, but also have some unusual types, a material channel can be newly built in the material library and used for storing the materials of the unusual types, certainly, the newly built material channel also comprises the purchased and uploaded materials, and the content of the newly built material channel also comprises the title, the file size, the resolution, the label, the state, the warehousing time and the operation of the materials; the method comprises the following steps that materials in all material channels can be shared to a material sharing module, when the materials are shared, one material in a certain class can be selected or a plurality of materials can be simultaneously selected, sharing is achieved in batches, then the name of a shared folder is selected, if the name of the shared folder is the folder A, the selected files can be stored in the folder A, and certainly, the materials in the material channels cannot be deleted while being shared; the materials can be not only shared in batch but also deleted in batch, and certainly, screening can be realized, and screening can be performed according to the states of the materials, for example, if the purchased videos are successfully put in storage, only the purchased videos which are successfully put in storage are displayed in an interface, and the videos can be selected to be arranged according to the ascending order or the descending order of the storage time; the method comprises the steps that auditing authority can be set for each material, if auditing authority is set for a video which is uploaded by China and has the title of beautiful China, sharing can be realized only after a material manager successfully audits the video when the video is shared, and a source file cannot be deleted after the video is deleted; the materials in each material channel and the material sharing module can be arranged in a standard list or in a card module, two arrangement modes can be switched at will, and different arrangement modes can be selected for the materials in different categories.
Example 4
A cloud material library system, as shown in fig. 4, which is different from embodiment 3 in that: the material library further comprises a plurality of search modules 11, wherein each search module 11 searches the materials in each material channel and the material sharing module 7 according to the keywords, and selects to arrange the searched materials according to the ascending order or the descending order of time.
The invention sets a plurality of search modules, which is more convenient for users to search the required materials, and sets the search modules in purchased, uploaded, produced and produced folders of each material channel or each subfolder in the produced folder, so as to search various materials more finely, which is convenient for users to inquire and call the materials.
Example 5
A cloud-clipping material library system, as shown in fig. 5, is different from embodiment 1 in that: the material search module 2 includes:
a keyword acquisition unit 201 for acquiring a keyword input by a user;
a type obtaining unit 202, configured to obtain a type of search selected by a user, where the type includes video, audio, and pictures, and the pictures further include a world cup picture, an editing picture, and a creative picture;
the material calling unit 203 is used for calling corresponding materials from the microblog material library and the third-party material library according to the acquired keywords and the search type;
the searching unit 204 is configured to search for a corresponding material in the material sharing module 7 of the material library according to the acquired keyword and the search type;
and a material list generating unit 205 for generating a material list from the retrieved materials and the searched materials and arranging the material list according to the selection of the user, wherein the selection of the user comprises time, heat, forwarding amount and comment number.
The material search module 2 in this embodiment further includes:
a tag unit 206, configured to provide a user with material sources of video, audio, or picture material, a multi-level classification including classification of video, audio, and picture, and a search tag under each level of classification, where the search tag is a detailed classification of each category, and the material sources include a material library, microblog material, and third-party material;
the screening unit 207 is configured to obtain a material source and one or more search tags selected by a user, and screen out a highest matched material content from the material list according to the obtained content, where the search tag is one or more tags in the same hierarchy or multiple tags in different hierarchies.
The invention is in order to search the materials required by the user according to the keywords, and screen out the material content with the highest matching degree according to various labels, during the search, the user can select the type of the search, such as the materials of the search video type or the materials of the music type, after the selection is finished, the system searches in the material sharing module, the microblog materials and the third party materials, and generates a material list of the searched content, at the moment, the user can select the material source and the search labels to perform more detailed classification, after the labels are selected, the video with the highest correlation degree can be screened out according to the label dimension, the labels can support multiple selections, the same-level labels are selected, the screened materials are in a union relation, the different-level labels are selected, the screened materials are in a union relation, and the label unit is currently applied to three materials, namely video, picture and music; for video materials, material sources and search tags can be selected, wherein the material sources comprise a Sina microblog, a material library, a shooting client, a showing client, a visual Chinese creative video, a visual Chinese editing video, microblog music, an understanding and the like in third-party materials, a certain material source can be selected, videos in all material sources can be selected, and after the sources are selected, the search tags can be selected, wherein the multi-level categories comprise: definition, color, era and shooting technology, the search tag has: SD, HD and 4K under definition, color and black and white under color, contemporary and archives under times, real-time, time-delay and high-speed under the photographing technology; for music materials, material sources and search tags can be selected, the material sources comprise Sina microblogs, a material library, visual Chinese music in third-party materials and the like, a certain material source can be selected, music in all the material sources can be selected, and the search tags can be selected after the sources are selected, wherein the multi-level categories comprise: style and mood, search tags are: style atmosphere, country, blue tones, balladry, Rayleigh/Ska, etc., emotional activity/brightness, exciting hearts, wide/pound characters, random/warm property, romantic/happy property, etc.; for picture material, only search tags can be selected, where the multi-level categories are: type, composition, ranking and channel, the search tags are: pictures and photos under genre, newest and best under ranking, horizontal, vertical and square under composition, domestic, international, financial, sports, etc. under channel.
Example 6
A cloud material library implementation method, as shown in fig. 6, the method includes:
s1: a material library is established through a material library establishing module 1;
s2: searching a required material in a material library through a material searching module 2 according to the keywords, calling the material corresponding to the keywords from the microblog material and the third-party material, and generating a material list;
s3: the method comprises the steps that materials uploaded by a user from a terminal are obtained through a material uploading unit 301, the types of the materials are identified, and then the materials and uploading time are stored in a material library in a correlated mode;
s4: the material purchasing unit 302 selects required materials from the material list, pays for purchasing the materials after adding the materials into a shopping cart, identifies the types of the materials, and stores the materials and purchasing time into a material library in a correlated manner;
s5: one or more videos are edited through the material production unit 303 to generate a material required by the user, and the material and the generation time are associated and stored in the material library, wherein the videos are videos in a material list, videos stored in a user terminal or videos live in a live broadcast room.
The invention provides a new method for realizing a cloud clipping material library, which comprises the steps of firstly establishing a material library, searching in the material library when a user needs the material, searching in microblog materials and third-party materials, selecting the searched materials, or uploading the materials stored in a terminal, or self-clipping materials in microblog cloud clipping, and storing the obtained materials in the material library for convenient later query and call; this setting not only makes the acquirement of material more convenient, has increased the variety of the acquisition mode equally, has still enlarged the search range of material, and the user of being convenient for more finds required material and richens the material storehouse of oneself, and then the use of the media unit of being convenient for.
Example 7
A cloud-clipping material library system, as shown in fig. 7, which is different from embodiment 6 in that: the method further comprises the following steps:
s6: videos uploaded, purchased and self-made by users are stored through the video material module 4;
s7: storing the audio uploaded and purchased by the user through an audio material module 5;
s8: pictures uploaded and purchased by a user are stored through the picture material module 6;
s9: the materials shared by the user and others are stored through the material sharing module 7, and the sharing is shared by the users in the internal network or the users in the authority range.
The material library stores various types of materials uploaded, purchased or self-made by users, and is convenient for the users to inquire and call the users and the intranet users, wherein the materials in the video material module, the audio material module and the picture material module can be only seen by the users, and the materials in the material sharing module can be inquired and called by the intranet users or the users in the authority range; the material sharing module comprises two folders: my folder and other people's folder, my shared material is stored in my folder, can newly build the folder in my folder, and name newly-built folder, the shared material of categorised storage, can carry out the authority setting to my folder or newly-built folder in my folder, if carry out the authority setting to newly-built folder a, add user A, user B in the authority setting, can also delete the operation to the user that adds, the user who deletes then can't see the material in folder a, this folder only these two users can see, carry out the authority setting to newly-built folder B, set up in the authority setting and forbid adding the material, the material that user newly-shared can't add to folder B, can only add to other folders, the content that the material in my folder shows is: the type of the material is video, music, pictures, live broadcast, and the number of the materials of each type is displayed below the icon of the my folder before the my folder is not opened.
The video material module comprises purchased videos, videos uploaded by me and videos produced by me, and the stored videos have the following contents displayed in the material video module: the method comprises the steps of title, duration, file size, resolution, label, state, warehousing time and operation, wherein the title, duration, file size and resolution are self-contained contents of a video, the label is added by a user during uploading, purchasing or clipping uploading, the warehousing time is the time of the system when a material is stored, the state is whether the video is successfully stored or not, the storage can be divided into warehousing success, warehousing failure and warehousing, the operation is the function of the system, and the video is clipped or downloaded; the audio material module and the picture material module respectively comprise purchased and uploaded contents, and displayed contents comprise titles, file sizes, resolutions, labels, states, warehousing time and operations, wherein the titles, the file sizes, the resolutions, the labels, the states and the warehousing time are the same as those of videos, but the operations are only downloading of audio or pictures.
Example 8
A cloud-clipping material library system, as shown in fig. 8, which is different from embodiment 6 in that: in the step S5, the editing of the video may not only edit the stored video, but also edit the cloud-cut live video, where the cloud-cut live editing method includes:
s51: accessing a live broadcast address, and acquiring a live broadcast video to be edited, wherein the live broadcast address is an address beginning with rtmp or ending with m3u8, or a rtmp or hls protocol stream;
s52: setting a start time and a stop time on a time axis of the live video in a manual mode or an automatic mode, and when the start time is reached, synchronously recording the live video by an operation front end and stopping recording until the stop time is reached, wherein an obtained recorded fragment is an original fragment;
s53: adding primary additional information into the original segment, wherein the primary additional information comprises at least one of a subtitle, a character label, a watermark and background audio, adjusting the format of the subtitle or the character label and the form and the position of the watermark, and adding the background audio according to the requirement to obtain a primary segment;
s54: adding secondary additional information into the primary segment, wherein the secondary additional information comprises at least one of pictures and other original segments, and connecting the secondary additional information to the front or the back of the primary segment in a patch form to obtain a secondary segment;
s55: and selecting the picture in the secondary additional information or cutting any picture from the secondary clip as a cover to obtain a finished clipping clip.
The invention can record and clip the live video in real time, and can add the marking information such as characters, pictures or watermarks and the like to the clipped video according to the requirement, so that the video information is richer and more detailed, and therefore, a viewer can conveniently and quickly obtain and accurately understand the information provided by the clipped video; and multiple sections of mutually associated videos can be combined, so that the video information is expanded, the information issued at a time is more comprehensive and wide, and the information issuing efficiency is effectively improved. By the mode, the live broadcast information can be edited and released quickly and conveniently, the dynamic state of the live broadcast information can be released in real time in the continuous live broadcast reports of sports events, important meetings, large awarding ceremonies and special events by large and medium media, and the timeliness of news is obviously improved on the premise of completely recording the live broadcast information
The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements of the technical solution of the present invention by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope defined by the claims of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention.