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Video player with assisted seek

  • US 10,545,652 B2
  • Filed: 05/08/2016
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • requesting a video content item for viewing;

    receiving a stream including the video content item;

    receiving a plurality of thumbnails, each thumbnail associated with a time point in the video content item;

    playing, in a media player portion of a user interface, the video content item starting at a first time point;

    receiving, at a viewing progress bar on the user interface, a selection gesture at a second time point in the video content item;

    responsive to the receiving of the selection gesture;

    presenting, in the media player portion of the user interface, first content of the video content item at the second time point; and

    presenting a first subset of the plurality of thumbnails in a thumbnail portion of the user interface, the first subset of the plurality of thumbnails arranged chronologically and including a thumbnail associated with the second time point, wherein the thumbnail associated with the second time point is amplified in size, reflects the first content of the video content item at the second time point and is presented concurrently with the first content of the video content item at the second time point in the media player portion;

    receiving, on the user interface, a drag gesture to a third time point in the video content item, the drag gesture having a magnitude and a direction; and

    responsive to the receiving of the drag gesture to the third time point in the video content item, seeking to the third time point in the video content item at a first speed in a first direction based on the magnitude and the direction of the drag gesture while presenting one or more subsets of the plurality of thumbnails at a scrolling speed based on the magnitude of the drag gesture, the one or more subsets of the plurality of thumbnails reflecting one or more portions of the video content item that appear during the seeking, wherein each subset of the plurality of thumbnails corresponds to a respective portion of the video content item that appears during the seeking and is arranged chronologically, wherein when second content of the video content item is presented at a fourth time point occurring during the seeking, at least one thumbnail of the one or more subsets of the plurality of thumbnails is presented concurrently with the second content of the video content item at the fourth time point in the media player portion, and reflects the second content of the video content item at the fourth time point during the seeking.

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