BROWSER WITH VIDEO DISPLAY HISTORY

• US 20150356195A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Kilzer, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,813,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

A web browser is configured to provide a video history display of videos that have been displayed in the browser, while excluding from the video history display representations of non-video pages. The browser stores information identifying videos embedded in web pages, including the source network location of the video, and video title, playback time, and representative image of the video (and optionally other attributes). The representative image of the video is derived from a frame of the video, and excludes other content from the web page in which the video was embedded, such as text and graphics thereon. The video history display includes only representations of the embedded videos that were displayed in the browser, without including representations of non-video pages.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating in a browser a video history display, comprising:

displaying in the browser a plurality of web pages, each of which does not include an embedded video;

displaying in the browser a plurality of web pages, each including an embedded video, and playing back each of the embedded videos in the browser;

storing history information for each embedded video, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, and a network source location for accessing the video;

selecting at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display; and

displaying in the browser the video history display, the video history display including a representation of each selected video, and excluding any representations of the web pages that did not include an video.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing with the history information for each embedded video, a representative image derived from a selected frame in a portion of the video that has been displayed; and

forming the representation of each video from the representative image for the video, where the representation excludes non-video content from the web page that included the video.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein storing with the history information for each embedded video, a representative image derived from a selected frame in a portion of the video that has been displayed further comprises:

responsive to the video being played back it is entirety, selecting the frame from a first five seconds of the video that has been displayed in the browser; and

responsive to the video being played back in less than its entirety, selecting the frame from a last five seconds of the video that has been displayed in the browser.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein storing with the history information for each embedded video, a representative image derived from a selected frame in a portion of the video that has been displayed further comprises:

periodically capturing frames of the video that have been played back in the browser;

determining that play back of the video in the browser has stopped; and

determining whether last captured frame satisfies at least one image selection criteria based on image content features; and

responsive to the last captured frame satisfying the at least one selection criteria, deriving the representative image from the last captured frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein storing history information for each video, further comprises:

determining a title for the video, wherein the title of the video is different from a title of the web page in which the video was embedded; and

storing the title in association with the history information for the video.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying in the browser the video history display, further comprises:

displaying the title of the video proximate the representation of the video in the video history display.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display, further comprises:

determining a playback time for a video that was played back in the browser; and

selecting the video for including in the video history display only if the playback time exceeds a threshold amount.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display, further comprises:

determining a size of an embedded video that was played back in the browser; and

selecting the video for including in the video history display only if the size is not associated with a size used to play back advertisement videos.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display, further comprises:

determining a parent window for a video that was played back in the browser; and

selecting the video for including in the video history display only if the parent window of the video is a main window of the browser.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input to start playback of a video indicated by a representation in the video history display; and

responsive to the input, playing back the video in the video history display, without loading a separate page for playing back the video.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein storing history information for each video, further comprises:

determining a playback time for the video; and

storing the playback time of the video in association with the history information for the video.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein playing back the video further comprises:

starting playback of the video at or subsequent to the playback time of the video.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying in the browser the video history display, further comprises:

displaying network source location of the video proximate the representation of the video in the video history display.

14. A computer implemented method of generating in a browser a video history display, comprising:

accessing a plurality of web pages in the browser, including at least one web page including an embedded video therein, and at least one web page not including an embedded video;

detecting in the browser that at least one embedded video from at least one accessed web page has been played back by the browser;

storing history information for each video displayed in the browser, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, a network source location for accessing the video, a title for the video, and a representative image derived from a representative frame of the video;

forming for each video a representation from the representative image for the video, wherein the representation of the video excludes non-video content from the web page that included the video; and

displaying in the browser the video history display, the video history display including only the representations for the videos played back by the browser, and excluding representations of accessed web pages that did not include an embedded video.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the stored title of at least one video is different from a title of the web page in which the video was embedded.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing for each video that has been displayed in the browser a playback time of the video in association with the history information for the video;

receiving an input to start playback of a video indicated by a representation in the video history display; and

starting playback of the indicated video at or subsequent to the playback time of the video.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

playing back the video in the video history display, without loading a separate page for playing back the video.

18. The method claim 14, wherein storing a representative image derived from a representative frame of the video, further comprises:

responsive to the video being played back it is entirety, deriving the representative image from a frame in a first five seconds of the video; and

responsive to the video being played back in less than its entirety, deriving the representative image from a frame in a last five seconds of the video that has been played back in the browser.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein storing a representative image derived from a representative frame of the video, further comprises:

periodically capturing frames of the video that have been displayed in the browser;

determining that display of the video in the browser has stopped;

selecting a captured frame satisfies at least one selection criteria based on image content features; and

deriving the representative image from the selected frame.

20. The method claim 14, wherein displaying in the browser the video history display, further comprises:

determining a parent window for an embedded video that was displayed in the browser;

determining a size of an embedded video that was displayed in the browser; and

selecting the video for including in the video history display only if the parent window of the video is a main window of the browser, and the size is not associated with a size used to display advertisement videos.

21. A computer system configured to generate video history display in a browser, comprising:

a processor configured to execute program modules;

a memory, coupled to the processor, and storing;

a player interface module configured to provide an embedded video to a video player module for playing back the video;

a content processing module configure to processed accessed web pages and store history information for a video that has been played back, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, a network source location for accessing the video, and a representative image derived from the video; and

a history module configured to display the video history display that includes only representations of embedded videos that have been displayed by the browser, where the representation of an embedded video is formed from the representative image for the video, and where the video history display excludes representations of accessed web pages that did not include an embedded video;

wherein the player interface module, the content processing module, and the history module are executable by the processor.

22. A computer system configured to generate video history display in a browser, the system comprising:

a processor configured to execute program code;

a memory, coupled to the processor for storing the browser, the browser comprising program code, which when executed by the processor, cause to computer system to;

display in the browser a plurality of web pages, each of which does not include an embedded video;

display in the browser a plurality of web pages, each including an embedded video, and playing back each of the embedded videos in the browser;

store history information for each embedded video, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, and a network source location for accessing the video;

select at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display; and

display in the browser the video history display, the video history display including a representation of each selected video, and excluding any representations of the web pages that did not include an video.

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

display in a browser a plurality of web pages, each of which does not include an embedded video;

display in the browser a plurality of web pages, each including an embedded video, and playing back each of the embedded videos in the browser;

store history information for each embedded video, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, and a network source location for accessing the video;

select at least one video that was played back in the browser for including in the video history display; and

display in the browser the video history display, the video history display including a representation of each selected video, and excluding any representations of the web pages that did not include an video.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

access a plurality of web pages in the browser, including at least one web page including an embedded video therein, and at least one web page not including an embedded video;

detect in the browser that at least one embedded video from at least one accessed web page has been played back by the browser;

store history information for each video displayed in the browser, the history information including a network location of the web page in which the video was embedded, a network source location for accessing the video, a title for the video, and a representative image derived from a representative frame of the video;

form for each video a representation from the representative image for the video, wherein the representation of the video excludes non-video content from the web page that included the video; and

display in the browser the video history display, the video history display including only the representations for the videos played back by the browser, and excluding representations of accessed web pages that did not include an embedded video.