Abstract
This disclosure describes transmitting video as an extremely compact semantic representation—
plain text scene and motion descriptions, stick-figure or pose/motion tracks, timing and cut
metadata, occasional reference images, or layered combinations—and reconstructing an
approximate video at the receiver with a local or shared generative model. The receiver
synthesises frames from that sparse signal together with a generative prior. The design accepts
lossy and synthesised visual detail in exchange for reduced network transfer. It records an
auditable provenance distinction between received source data or transmitted assertions carried
in the bitstream and generated fill synthesised at the decoder; optional fidelity-critical overlays for
text, logos, instructions, or audio; adaptive layer switching under bandwidth constraints; and a
system-boundary energy evaluation plan that compares network, sender-analysis, and receiver-
generation contributions without assuming proportional joule savings from bit reduction. Broad
generative and semantic video compression already exists in academic and patent literature. This
draft documents a bounded set of combinations and operational packaging as prior art disclosure.
It does not claim novelty clearance, report measured performance, or recommend the method for
factual, medical, safety, evidentiary, or security-critical footage.
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Recommended Citation
Boll, Joe, "Low-Bandwidth Semantic Video Transfer with Local Generative Reconstruction", Technical Disclosure Commons, (November 10, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12926