Interactive mobile video viewing experience

• US 10,083,151 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Ku, Hans T., Koenig, David M., Leonard, Edwin R., Ragan, Gene Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiberou, Mahelet
• Application Number:
  US13/868,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,982 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/163 Interprocessor communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

A Social Media Video system provides for the interactive viewing of Social Media Videos. A social media video includes one or more media assets, which may be images, video clips, music clips, text verbiages, or the like. During the display of a Social Media Video, a user may interact with the display to control the visual appearance of the audio/visual content of the display. The visual appearance of a Social Media Video may be changed to include visual and/or aural effects that are pleasing to a social media video viewer. The visual appearance of a Social Media Video may also be changed for better theatrical effect.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying, via a computing device, a plurality of media objects associated with a social media video, said plurality of media objects comprising digital images associated with the social media video, said media objects further comprising data for retrieving the digital images and metadata associated with a display order of the media objects;

causing to be displayed, on a display screen of the computing device, a first media object of the plurality of media objects;

receiving, by an input sensor associated with the computing device, an input;

analyzing, via the computing device, said input, and based on said analysis, determining a type of input; and

changing, via the computing device, displayed content associated with the first media object in response to the received input and based on the type of the received input, said changing comprising;

causing to be displayed, on the display screen of the computing device, a second media object of the plurality of media objects when the type of said received input is a horizontal finger swipe, and

changing a visual appearance of the displayed first media object when the type of the received input is a vertical finger swipe.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first media object is displayed with an initial visual appearance, and wherein the changing of the displayed content further comprises:

changing a color or focus of the first media object vertical when the received input represents a vertical finger swipe in a downward direction.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the received input is a first input;

and further comprising;

receiving a second input after the first input from the input device, wherein the second input is in a upward direction; and

changing the display of the first media object back to the initial visual appearance in response to the second input.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the changing of displayed content further comprises:

changing a sound played while the first media object is displayed.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second media object is the media object immediately after the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a leftward direction.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second media object is the media object immediately before the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a rightward direction.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the received input represents movement of the display screen;

and further comprising;

changing the visual appearance of a portion of the displayed first media object based on the received input.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

playing a sound based on the received input.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the input is a first input;

and further comprising;

receiving a second input after the first input from the input device, wherein the second input represents movement of the display screen; and

changing the visual appearance of another portion of the first media object based on the second input.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the input device further comprises a charge-coupled device.

11. A mobile computing device comprising:

(a) a touch-sensitive surface adapted to receive an input from a user;

(b) a display screen; and

(c) a processor operatively coupled with the touch-sensitive surface and with the display screen, the processor adapted to;

identify a plurality of media objects associated with a social media video, said plurality of media objects comprising a digital images associated with the social media video, said media objects further comprising data for retrieving the digital images and metadata associated with a display order of the media objects;

cause a display, on the display screen, of a first media object of the plurality of media object;

receive, at the touch-sensitive surface, an input;

analyze said input, and based on said analysis, determine a type of input;

change displayed content associated with the first media object, of the display screen, in response to the received input and based on the determined type of said received input, said changing comprising;

causing the display screen to display a second media object of the plurality of media objects when the type of said received input is a horizontal finger swipe, and

changing a visual appearance of the displayed first media object when the type of the received input is a vertical finger swipe.

12. The mobile computing device according to claim 11, wherein the first media object is displayed with an initial visual appearance, and wherein the processor is further adapted to:

change the color or focus of the first media object when the vertical finger swipe is in a downward direction.

13. The mobile computing device according to claim 12, wherein the received input is a first input, wherein the touch-sensitive surface is further adapted to receive a second input after the first input, wherein the second input represents a finger swipe in an upward direction, and wherein the processor is further adapted to change the display of the first media object back to the initial visual appearance in response to the second input.

14. The mobile computing device according to claim 11, wherein:

the processor is further adapted to change a sound played while the first media object is displayed in response to the received input.

15. The mobile computing device according to claim 11, wherein:

the second media object is the media object immediately after the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a leftward direction.

16. The mobile computing device according to claim 11, wherein:

the second media object is the media object immediately before the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a rightward direction.

17. The mobile computing device according to claim 11, further comprising:

(d) a sensor operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the sensor comprises a movement sensor adapted to sense a movement of the display screen; and

wherein the processor is further adapted to;

change the visual appearance of a portion of the first media object based on the sensed movement, and

cause the display screen to display the first media object including the updated portion.

18. The mobile computing device according to claim 17, wherein:

the processor is further adapted to play a sound in response to the sensed movement.

19. The mobile computing device according to claim 17, wherein the sensor is further adapted to sense another movement, and wherein the processor is further adapted to:

change the visual appearance of another portion of the first media object based on the other sensed movement; and

cause the display screen to display the first media object including the other updated portion.

20. The mobile computing device according to claim 19, wherein:

the input device further comprises a charge-coupled device.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions tangibly stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

identifying a plurality of media objects, said plurality of media objects comprising digital images associated with the social media video, said media objects further comprising data for retrieving the digital images and metadata associated with a display order of the media objects;

causing to be displayed, on a display screen of a computing device, a first media object of the plurality of media objects;

receiving, by an input sensor associated with the computing device, an input;

analyzing, via the computing device, said input, and based on said analysis, determining a type of input; and

changing displayed content associated with the first media object in response to the received input and based on the type of the received input, said changing comprising;

causing to be displayed, on the display screen, a second media object of the plurality of media objects when the type of the received input is a horizontal finger swipe, and

changing a visual appearance of the displayed first media object when the type of the received input is a vertical finger swipe.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the first media object is displayed with an initial visual appearance, and wherein the changing of the displayed content further comprises:

changing a color or focus of the first media object vertical when the received input represents a vertical finger swipe in a downward direction.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the received input is a first input;

and the computer-executable instructions further comprising instructions for;

receiving a second input after the first input from the input device, wherein the second input is in a upward direction; and

changing the display of the first media object back to the initial visual appearance in response to the second input.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein:

the change further comprises changing a sound played while the first media object is displayed.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein:

the second media object is the media object immediately after the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a leftward direction.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein:

the second media object is the media object immediately before the first media object in the display order when the horizontal finger swipe is in a rightward direction.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the received input represents movement of the display screen;

and the computer-executable instructions further comprising instructions for;

changing the visual appearance of a portion of the first media object based on the received input; and

causing the display of the first media object including the updated portion.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 27, the computer-executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

causing a sound based on the sensed movement.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 28, the computer-executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving another input from the input device;

changing the visual appearance of another portion of the first media object; and

causing the display of the first media object including the other updated portion.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein:

the input device further comprises a charge-coupled device.