Contextual Video Browsing

• US 20120290933A1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rajaraman, Shivakumar, Skidgel, John, Pantazopoulos, Vasilios
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,371 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7328 Query by example, e.g. a complete video frame or video sequence graphical querying G06F16/7335
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

A method and system for contextual browsing of videos that are relevant to a current video. Browsing controls that include labels and previews are presented in a user interface. The labels represent sets of videos that are organized according to their relevancy to a current video. The previews represent videos from a set of videos that is currently in focus. If the user switches focus from one set of videos to another set of videos, the previews are updated to correspond to the videos in the second set of videos. The user can also browse through the previews in order to select another video for playback.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, executed by a server, for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface of a client device, the method comprising:

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of labels correspond to a plurality of video sets, each video set being related to a current video;

wherein the labels are ordered along the first direction according to a relevancy of each video set to the current video; and

wherein focus among the plurality of labels is on a first label, the first label corresponding to a first video set; and

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of previews correspond to videos from the first video set, and

wherein the plurality of previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of labels.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the labels from the first label to a second label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first label, and wherein the first label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second label.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the video previews are located between the first label and the second label when focus is on the second label.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the label.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a relevancy of a video set is determined based on viewing patterns between the current video and videos in the video set.

12. A computer program product for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for controlling a processor to perform a method comprising:

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of labels correspond to a plurality of video sets, each video set being related to a current video,

wherein the labels are ordered along the first direction according to a relevancy of each video set to the current video,

wherein focus among the plurality of labels is on a first label, the first label corresponding to a first video set; and

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the previews correspond to videos from the first video set, and

wherein the previews are displayed concurrently with the labels.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the labels from the first label to a second label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the first label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first label, and wherein the first label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second label.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the video previews are located between the first label and the second label when the focus is on the second label.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

19. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

20. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein a label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the label.

21. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

22. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein a relevancy of a video set is determined based on viewing patterns between the current video and videos in the video set.

23. A system for browsing of videos via a user interface, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform a method comprising;

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of labels correspond to a plurality of video sets, each video set being related to a current video,

wherein the labels are ordered along the first direction according to a relevancy of each video set to the current video,

wherein focus among the plurality of labels is on a first label, the first label corresponding to a first video set; and

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the previews correspond to videos from the first video set, and

wherein the previews are displayed concurrently with the labels.

24. The system of claim 23, further comprising responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the labels from the first label to a second label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the first label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first label, and wherein the first label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second label.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the video previews are located between the first label and the second label when focus is on the second label.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

29. The system of claim 27, further comprising responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

31. The system of claim 23, wherein a label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the label.

32. The system of claim 23, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

33. The system of claim 23, wherein a relevancy of a video set is determined based on viewing patterns between the current video and videos in the video set.

34. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for controlling a processor to produce a user interface for browsing videos, the user interface comprising:

plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of labels correspond to a plurality of video sets, each video set being related to a current video,

wherein the labels are ordered along the first direction according to relevancy of each video set to the current video,

wherein focus among the plurality of labels is on a first label, the first label corresponding to a first video set; and

a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the previews correspond to videos from the first video set.

35. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface in the client device, the method comprising:

displaying in the user interface, a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of labels correspond to a plurality of video sets, each video set being related to a current video;

wherein the labels are ordered along the first direction according to a relevancy of each video set to the current video; and

wherein focus among the plurality of labels is on a first label, the first label corresponding to a first video set; and

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of previews correspond to videos from the first video set, and

wherein the plurality of previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of labels.