Video play-based information processing method and system, client terminal and server

• US 10,271,104 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2017
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Peng, Ao
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, William J
• Application Number:
  US15/635,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20170303006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

A video play-based information processing method is realized with a multimedia information processing system, a first client and server for video play, a computer storage medium, and a server used for video play. The method includes: receiving a video content request transmitted by a first client, obtaining a video content requested by the first client, and transmitting the video content to the first client; and during transmission of the video content, transmitting first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client, for the first client to display the first information associated with the video content via a play interface during playing of the video content. The render information of the first information includes a display start time point, a display duration and display position information of the first information.

Claims

1. A video play-based information processing method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a video content request transmitted by a first client, obtaining a video content requested by the first client, and transmitting the video content to the first client, wherein the video content request comprises identification information of the video content requested by the first client and an interest point of a user of the first client;

selecting, by the server according to the interest point comprised in the request, first information matched with the interest point from a set of first information associated with the video content;

transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client, for the first client to display the selected first information associated with the video content via a play interface during playing of the video content,

wherein the render information of the first information comprises a display start time point, a display duration and display position information of the first information, wherein for users having different interest points, different first information is selected by the server and transmitted to the first client;

wherein the video content request further comprises a first information display function activation indicator depending on whether a first information display function is activated at the first client, and

wherein the method further comprises;

determining whether the video content request comprises the indicator,

in response to determining that the video content request comprises the indicator when the first information display function is activated at the first client, transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client;

in response to determining that the video content request does not comprise the indicator when the first information display function is not activated at the first client, not transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client.

2. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information to the first client comprises:

determining, by the server, according to the display start time point of the first information in the render information, a part of the video content to be transmitted to the first client at the display start time point, and transmitting the first information and the render information of the first information to the first client at the same time when transmitting the part of the video content to the first client;

or,

when starting to transmit the video content to the first client, transmitting, by the server, the first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information to the first client.

3. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

pre-configuring, by the server, the first information and the render information of the first information in the server along with the video content;

or

when the server is informed by a second client that the first information provided by the second client is transmitted to the first client, allocating, by the server, the corresponding render information to the first information when the server obtains the first information, or, receiving, by the server, the render information of the first information that is configured by the second client.

4. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when transmitting the selected first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information to the first client, transmitting, by the server, an external linkage address of the first information to the first client;

or,

when obtaining a request for a linkage of the first information from the first client, transmitting, by the server, the external linkage address of the first information to the first client.

5. A video play-based information processing method, comprising:

transmitting, by a first client to a server, a video content request comprising identification information of a video content requested by the first client and an interest point of a user of the first client, and receiving, from the server, the video content requested by the first client, first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and render information of the first information, wherein the interest point of the user of the first client serves as a basis for the server to select the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest point, from a set of first information associated with the video content, and the render information of the first information comprises a display start time point, a display duration and display position information of the first information; and

when it is determined by monitoring a play progress of the video content at the first client that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, displaying, by the first client, the first information associated with the video content via a play interface according to the render information of the first information,

wherein for different users having different interest points, different first information is received by the first client from the server;

wherein the video content request further comprises a first information display function activation indicator depending on whether a first information display function is activated at the first client, and

wherein the method further comprises;

when the first information display function is activated at the first client, receiving, by the first client from the server, the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and the render information of the first information;

when the first information display function is not activated at the first client, not receiving, by the first client from the server, the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and the render information of the first information.

6. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 5, wherein

the first information and the render information of the first information are pre-configured in the server along with the video content;

or

the first information is provided by a second client, and the server is informed, by the second client, that the first information is transmitted to the first client; and

the render information of the first information is allocated to the first information when the server obtains the first information, or, the render information of the first information is configured by the second client and transmitted to the server.

7. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 5, wherein displaying, when it is determined that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, the first information associated with the video content via the play interface according to the render information of the first information comprises:

extracting, by the first client, the first information when it is determined that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, rendering the first information at a position area described by the display position information to display the first information for the display duration, and stopping display of the first information when a display duration ends,

the first information being displayed over the video content in the position area.

8. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 5, further comprising:

when displaying the first information associated with the video content via the play interface, monitoring, by the first client, a change in position of a mouse, and when it is determined that the position of the mouse falls into a display position of the first information, displaying prompt information of the first information via the play interface.

9. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

after the prompt information of the first information is displayed via the play interface, monitoring, by the first client, whether the first information is triggered, when it is determined that the first information is triggered, determining whether an external linkage address of the first information is saved locally, and when the external linkage address is saved locally, invoking a local browser of the first client to access the external linkage address; and

when the external linkage address is not saved locally, transmitting a request for a linkage of the first information to the server, and invoking the local browser of the first client to access the external linkage address according to the external linkage address of the first information, returned by the server.

10. The video play-based information processing method according to claim 5, further comprising:

when the first client shares the video content, transmitting, by the first client, the video content, the first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information together to a shared client.

11. A server, comprising:

a memory storing processor-executable instructions; and

a processor arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to perform steps of;

receiving a video content request transmitted by a first client, obtaining a video content requested by the first client, and transmitting the video content to the first client;

wherein the video content request comprises identification information of the video content requested by the first client and an interest point of a user of the first client;

selecting, according to the interest point comprised in the request, first information matched with the interest point from a set of first information associated with the video content;

transmitting, during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client, for the first client to display the selected first information associated with the video content via a play interface during playing of the video content, wherein the render information of the first information comprises a display start time point, a display duration and display position information of the first information,

wherein for users having different interest points, different first information is selected by the server and transmitted to the first client;

wherein the video content request further comprises a first information display function activation indicator depending on whether a first information display function is activated at the first client, and

wherein the processor is arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to further perform a step of;

determining whether the video content request comprises the indicator,

in response to determining that the video content request comprises the indicator when the first information display function is activated at the first client, transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client;

in response to determining that the video content request does not comprise the indicator when the first information display function is not activated at the first client, not transmitting, by the server during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and render information of the first information to the first client.

12. The server according to claim 11, wherein transmitting, during transmission of the video content, the selected first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information to the first client comprises:

determining, according to the display start time point of the first information in the render information, a part of the video content to be transmitted to the first client at the display start time point, and transmitting the first information and the render information of the first information at the same time when transmitting the part of the video content to the first client;

or

when starting to transmit the video content to the first client, transmitting the first information associated with the video content and the render information of the first information to the first client.

13. The server according to claim 12, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to further perform a step of:

pre-configuring the first information and the render information of the first information in the server along with the video content;

or,

when the server is informed by a second client that the first information provided by the second client is transmitted to the first client, allocating the corresponding render information to the first information when the server obtains the first information, or, receiving the render information of the first information that is configured by the second client.

14. A first client, comprising:

a memory storing processor-executable instructions; and

a processor arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to perform steps of;

transmitting, by a first client to a server, a video content request comprising identification information of a video content requested by the first client and an interest point of a user of the first client, and receiving, from the server, the video content requested by the first client, first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and render information of the first information, wherein the interest point of the user of the first client serves as a basis for the server to select the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest point, from a set of first information associated with the video content, and the render information of the first information comprises a display start time point, a display duration and display position information of the first information; and

when it is determined by monitoring a play progress of the video content at the first client that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, displaying the first information associated with the video content via a play interface according to the render information of the first information,

wherein for different users having different interest points, different first information is received by the first client from the server;

wherein the video content request further comprises a first information display function activation indicator depending on whether a first information display function is activated at the first client, and

wherein the processor is arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to further perform steps of;

when the first information display function is activated at the first client, receiving, by the first client from the server, the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and the render information of the first information;

when the first information display function is not activated at the first client, not receiving, by the first client from the server, the first information associated with the video content and matched with the interest and the render information of the first information.

15. The first client according to claim 14, wherein

the first information and the render information of the first information are pre-configured in the server along with the video content;

or

the first information is provided by a second client, and the server is informed, by the second client, that the first information is transmitted to the first client; and

the render information of the first information is allocated to the first information when the server obtains the first information, or, the render information of the first information is configured by the second client and transmitted to the server.

16. The first client according to claim 14, wherein displaying, when it is determined that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, the first information associated with the video content via the play interface according to the render information of the first information comprises:

extracting first information when it is determined that the video content is played to the display start time point of the first information, rendering the first information at a position area described by the display position information to display the first information for the display duration, and stopping display of the first information when a display duration ends,

the first information being displayed over the video content in the position area.

17. The first client according to claim 14, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the stored processor-executable instructions to further perform a step of:

when the first information associated with the video content is displayed via the play interface, monitoring a change in position of a mouse, and when it is determined that the position of the mouse falls into a display position of the first information, displaying prompt information of the first information via the play interface.