INDICATING UNAVAILABILITY OF AN UPLOADED VIDEO FILE THAT IS BEING BITRATE ENCODED

• US 20110055721A1
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jain, Priyanka, Nair, Kishore, Kamath, Durgadatt R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,898,575 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/46 Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2225 Local VOD servers

Abstract

Techniques are described herein for indicating unavailability of an uploaded video file that is being bitrate encoded. For instance, upon a determination that the uploaded video file is being bitrate encoded, a graphical user interface may be provided that includes an interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding. The interface element may be an icon, a textual message, or any other suitable interface element that is capable of indicating that the uploaded video file that is being bitrate encoded is unavailable. When the bitrate encoding is completed, the interface element may be automatically updated to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first indicator that specifies performance of bitrate encoding processing with respect to an uploaded video file;

providing a graphical user interface that includes a first interface element associated with the uploaded video file, the first interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing in response to receiving the first indicator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first indicator comprises:

receiving a first indicator that specifies performance of bitrate encoding processing that generates a plurality of encoded files corresponding to a plurality of respective bitrates based on the uploaded video file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the graphical user interface comprises:

providing a graphical user interface that includes an icon indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the graphical user interface comprises:

providing a graphical user interface that includes a textual message indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the graphical user interface comprises:

providing a graphical user interface that includes a textual message indicating that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the graphical user interface comprises:

providing instructions in the graphical user interface that enable a user to determine whether the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second indicator that specifies that a cursor is within a threshold proximity of a representation of the uploaded video file that is included in the graphical user interface; and

providing a second interface element associated with the uploaded video file in the graphical user interface in response to receiving the second indicator, the second interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the second interface element comprises:

providing a textual message that indicates that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second indicator that specifies completion of the bitrate encoding processing with respect to the uploaded video file; and

automatically updating the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing in response to receiving the second indicator.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

disabling one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to receiving the first indicator.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a second indicator that specifies completion of the bitrate encoding processing with respect to the uploaded video file;

automatically updating the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing in response to receiving the second indicator; and

automatically enabling the one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to receiving the second indicator.

12. A system comprising:

a determination module configured to determine that bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to an uploaded video file;

a GUI module configured to provide a graphical user interface that includes a first interface element associated with the uploaded video file, the first interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first interface element is an icon.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first interface element is a textual message.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface includes instructions for enabling a user to determine whether the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the determination module is further configured to determine that a cursor is within a threshold proximity of a representation of the uploaded video file that is included in the graphical user interface;

and

wherein the GUI module is further configured to provide a second interface element associated with the uploaded video file in the graphical user interface in response to determination that the cursor is within the threshold proximity, the second interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the determination module is further configured to determine that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file;

and

wherein the GUI module is further configured to automatically update the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the determination module is further configured to determine whether the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to an uploaded video file;

the system further comprising;

a disabling module configured to disable one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file, and

an enabling module configured to automatically enable the one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to indicate unavailability of an uploaded video file that is being bitrate encoded, comprising:

a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine that bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to an uploaded video file; and

a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to provide a graphical user interface that includes a first interface element associated with the uploaded video file, the first interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding processing in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising:

a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file; and

a fourth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to automatically update the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising:

a fifth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to disable one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is being performed with respect to the uploaded video file, and

a sixth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to automatically enable the one or more menu options associated with the uploaded video file in response to determination that the bitrate encoding processing is completed with respect to the uploaded video file.