Concurrently Displaying Multiple Trick Streams for Video

• US 20090310933A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Victor S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,472,779 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/343
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/222 Brush body details, e.g. the shape thereof or connection to handle
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0471 Vertical positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0478 Horizontal positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/125 wherein one of the images is motion video
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• 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 21/47217 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 5/2624 for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects, multiple trick streams corresponding to video content are concurrently displayed in multiple windows. A user selection of one window of the multiple windows is received, and the video content is played back at a location corresponding to a location in a trick stream being played back in the one window when the user selection is received.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request to display multiple different trick streams corresponding to video content;

concurrently display, in response to the request, multiple different windows;

display, in each of the multiple different windows, a different one of the multiple different trick streams;

receive a request to stop display of the multiple different trick streams;

receive a user selection of one of the multiple different windows; and

play back the video content at a location corresponding to a current location of the trick stream in the selected window.

2. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple different trick streams comprise multiple fast-forward streams having different speeds.

3. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple different trick streams comprise multiple rewind streams having different speeds.

4. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple different trick streams comprise multiple slow-motion streams having different speeds.

5. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple different trick streams comprise one or more fast-forward streams and one or more rewind streams.

6. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the multiple different windows has a corresponding one of multiple identifiers, and wherein to receive the user selection is to receive user selection of a button, on a remote control device, corresponding to one of the multiple identifiers.

7. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the multiple different windows comprises a picture-in-picture (PIP) window.

8. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to generate, based on the video content, one or more of the multiple different trick streams.

9. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to close, in response to the user selection, the multiple different windows.

10. A method comprising:

concurrently displaying, in multiple windows, multiple trick streams corresponding to video content;

receiving a user selection of one window of the multiple windows; and

playing back the video content at a location corresponding to a location in a trick stream being played back in the one window when the user selection is received.

11. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the multiple trick streams comprise multiple fast-forward streams having different speeds.

12. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the multiple trick streams comprise multiple rewind streams having different speeds.

13. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the multiple trick streams comprise multiple slow-motion streams having different speeds.

14. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the multiple trick streams comprise one or more fast-forward streams and one or more rewind streams.

15. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein each of the multiple windows comprises a picture-in-picture (PIP) window.

16. A device comprising:

a video content display module to receive and display video content;

a trick stream display module to concurrently display, in each of multiple windows, one of multiple trick streams corresponding to the video content, and further to communicate to the video content display module a location of the video content corresponding to a user selection of one of the multiple different windows; and

wherein the video content display module is further to jump to displaying the video content at the location.

17. A device as recited in claim 16, wherein the multiple trick streams comprise one or more fast-forward streams and one or more rewind streams.

18. A device as recited in claim 16, wherein each of the multiple windows comprises a picture-in-picture (PIP) window.

19. A device as recited in claim 16, wherein the trick stream display module is further to generate, based on the video content, one or more of the multiple trick streams.

20. A device as recited in claim 16, wherein each of the multiple windows has a corresponding one of multiple identifiers, and wherein the user selection of one of the multiple different windows is a user selection of a button, on a remote control device, corresponding to one of the multiple identifiers.