Computer user interface for viewing video compositions generated from a video composition authoring system using video cliplets
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a user interface including a display device and an input device, a method for displaying a video composition including short segments of called video cliplets, comprising:
- displaying a background area on the display device;
displaying a plurality of video windows over the background area, the plurality of video windows arranged in a two-dimensional arrangement; and
using a video composition authoring system to determine the contents of each of the plurality of video windows.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a user interface for displaying and interacting with a video composition generated from a video composition authoring system. The video compositions may include short segments of video (or video “cliplets”). The video composition user interface for displaying the video compositions includes displaying a background area and a plurality of video windows over the background area. Each of the video windows contains multimedia elements such as video, digital photographs, icons, video clipets, and any other type of graphical element. The selection of the contents to fill or populate the video windows is performed by a video composition authoring system. The video composition user interface provides functionality such as text annotation, e-mail feature, title area, cast and credits list generation, and a cliplet drag and drop feature that allows a user to enhance the video composition and have a more pleasant experience viewing the video composition.
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24 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a user interface including a display device and an input device, a method for displaying a video composition including short segments of called video cliplets, comprising:
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displaying a background area on the display device;
displaying a plurality of video windows over the background area, the plurality of video windows arranged in a two-dimensional arrangement; and
using a video composition authoring system to determine the contents of each of the plurality of video windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a video composition containing video cliplets, comprising:
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providing a background area to display a background picture;
providing a plurality of video windows containing video cliplets;
providing a main video window that is generally larger than the plurality of video windows for playing any of the video cliplets therein; and
displaying text annotations within at least one of the plurality of video windows. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A graphical user interface displayed on a display device for displaying and interacting with a video composition containing video cliplets, comprising:
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a background area that displays one of the following;
(a) a background photograph;
(b) a background video;
a plurality of video windows located within the background area that contains the video cliplets;
a title area that displays the title of the video composition;
wherein the video cliplets located within the plurality of windows are selected by a video composition authoring system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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