Method, device and system for playing video

• US 10,014,030 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Luo, Shaohua
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wendmagegn, Girumsew
• Application Number:
  US15/172,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20160284382A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A video file and relation chain information of the video file are obtained. A video-file editing information is generated with the relation chain information. The video file is edited with the video-file editing information. The edited video file is played.

Claims

1. A method for playing video, comprising:

at a computing device having a processor and memory storing a plurality of computer executable instructions to be executed by the processor;

obtaining, from a server, a video file requested by a user of the computing device, and relation chain information of the video file, wherein the relation chain information includes attribute information of the user and concerned information of one or more buddies of the user;

generating video-file editing information with the relation chain information wherein the video-file editing information comprises one or more of;

a buddy'"'"'s head portrait, a buddy'"'"'s nick name and a buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file and collected by the server;

editing the video file with the video-file editing information, further including;

obtaining a head-portrait display area location in the video file;

generating a head-portrait display floating layer using a buddy'"'"'s head portrait; and

generating a text display floating layer including the buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file; and

playing the edited video file, further including;

covering the head-portrait display area location in the video file with the head-portrait display floating layer; and

displaying the text display floating layer adjacent to the buddy'"'"'s head-portrait in the video file.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the relation chain information of the video file comprises:

calling an application programming interface (API) interface, so as to obtain the relation chain information of a source user of the video file, and/or, obtain the relation chain information of an activity initiated by the source user of the video file.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a floating layer component around the video-file playing area, wherein the floating layer component comprises at least one of;

the identity (ID) of the video file, a two-dimension code, promotion information, link information to a microblog activity page, or a control of a relation chain;

wherein the control of the relation chain comprises at least one of;

a trigger control indicating to forward to a buddy, a control receiving a buddy'"'"'s comments, a control prompting a buddy to pay attention, or a control displaying forwarding number.

4. A device for playing a video file, which at least comprises a processor, a memory and a non-transitory memory, wherein

the non-transitory memory is to store a computer program used for playing the video file;

the memory is to load the computer program from the non-transitory memory to be run, so as to form computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions are stored in an information obtaining unit, a video editing unit and a video playing unit,

the information obtaining unit is to obtain, from a server, the video file requested by a user of the device, and relation chain information of the video file, wherein the relation chain information includes attribute information of the user and concerned information of one or more buddies of the user;

the video editing unit is to generate video-file editing information with the relation chain information, wherein the video-file editing information comprises one or more of;

a buddy'"'"'s head portrait, a buddy'"'"'s nick name and a buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file and collected by the server, edit the video file with the video-file editing information, further including;

obtain a head-portrait display area location in the video file;

generate a head-portrait display floating layer using a buddy'"'"'s head portrait; and

generate a text display floating layer including the buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file; and

,

the video playing unit is to play the edited video file, further including;

cover the head-portrait display area location in the video file with the head-portrait display floating layer; and

display the text display floating layer adjacent to the buddy'"'"'s head-portrait in the video file.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the information obtaining unit is further to call an application programming interface (API) interface, so as to obtain the relation chain information of a source user of the video file, and/or, the relation chain information of an activity initiated by the source user of the video file.

6. The device according to claim 4, wherein the video playing unit is further to display a floating layer component around a video-file playing area, and the floating layer component comprises at least one of:

the identity (ID) of the video file, a two-dimension code, promotion information, link information to a microblog activity page, or a control of a relation chain;

wherein the control of the relation chain comprises at least one of;

a trigger control indicating to forward to a buddy, a control receiving a buddy'"'"'s comments, a control prompting a buddy to pay attention, or a control displaying forwarding number.

7. A system for playing video, comprising a terminal and a server, wherein

the terminal is to

request the server to provide a video file requested by a user of the terminal and relation chain information of the video file, wherein the relation chain information includes attribute information of the user and concerned information of one or more buddies of the user,

generate video-file editing information with the relation chain information wherein the video-file editing information comprises one or more of:

a buddy'"'"'s head portrait, a buddy'"'"'s nick name and a buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file and collected by the server,

edit the video file with the video-file editing information, further including;

obtain a head-portrait display area location in the video file;

generate a head-portrait display floating layer using a buddy'"'"'s head portrait; and

generate a text display floating layer including the buddy'"'"'s comments related to the video file, and

play the edited video file, further including;

cover the head-portrait display area location in the video file with the head-portrait display floating layer; and

display the text display floating layer adjacent to the buddy'"'"'s head-portrait in the video file.