STORYLINE EXPERIENCE

• US 20170103783A1
• Filed: 10/07/2015
• Published: 04/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kiefer, William Frederick, Paglia, Marco, Zukerman, Jokubas
• Granted Patent: US 10,692,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A processing device provides, on a mobile device, a storyline content user interface (UI) for adding video content to a storyline, the storyline content UI having a first area including a media player, a second area including visual representations of video clips from the storyline, and a third area including a first UI element to record video content, and a second UI element to add the recorded video content to the storyline. In response to a user activation of the first UI element, the processing device initiates recording of a new video clip using the first area, creating, by a processing device, a visual representation of the new video clip, and adding the visual representation of the new video clip to the second area. In response to a user activation of the second UI element, the processing device causes the new video clip to be associated with the storyline. In response to a user selection of the visual representation of the new video clip, the processing device plays the new video clip in the first area.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, on a mobile device, a storyline content user interface (UI) for adding video content to a storyline, the storyline content UI having a first area including a media player, a second area including visual representations of video clips from the storyline, and a third area including a first UI element to record video content, and a second UI element to add the recorded video content to the storyline;

in response to a user activation of the first UI element, initiating recording of a new video clip using the first area, creating, by a processing device, a visual representation of the new video clip, and adding the visual representation of the new video clip to the second area;

in response to a user activation of the second UI element, causing the new video clip to be associated with the storyline; and

in response to a user selection of the visual representation of the new video clip, playing the new video clip in the first area.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring a duration of the new video clip being recorded; and

stopping the recording of the new video clip in response to determining that the duration of the new video clip has reached a predetermined threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

stopping the recording of the new video clip in response to a user re-activation of the first UI element.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the third area further includes a third UI element to add one or more additional users to the storyline; and

the method further comprises causing an identifier of the storyline to be shared with the one or more additional users in response to a user activation of the third UI element, wherein sharing the identifier of the storyline allows the one or more additional users to contribute to the storyline.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a user request to share the storyline with one or more other users; and

presenting information about the storyline to the one or more other users.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting, to a user of the mobile device, a home screen UI including visual representations of storylines of the user and visual representations of additional storylines to which the user has subscribed.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a storyline on the home screen UI; and

playing video clips of the selected storyline in the storyline content UI.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the video clips are played sequentially using an order in which the video clips were created.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein playing the video clips of the selected storyline comprises:

playing one or more of the video clips that were not previously viewed by the user while graphically identifying, in the storyline content UI, visual representations of one or more of the video clips that were previously viewed by the user.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

providing, in an update UI, updates on the additional storylines to which the user has subscribed.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the updates identify new video clips that have been added to the additional storylines from a last time the user viewed the update UI.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

automatically playing the new video clips that have been added to the additional storylines in the update UI.

13. A system for a mobile device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, coupled to the memory, to;

provide, on the mobile device, a storyline content user interface (UI) for adding video content to a storyline, the storyline content UI having a first area including a media player, a second area including visual representations of video clips from the storyline, and a third area including a first UI element to record video content, and a second UI element to add the recorded video content to the storyline;

in response to a user activation of the first UI element, initiate recording of a new video clip using the first area, create a visual representation of the new video clip, and add the visual representation of the new video clip to the second area;

in response to a user activation of the second UI element, cause the new video clip to be associated with the storyline; and

in response to a user selection of the visual representation of the new video clip, play the new video clip in the first area.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the processing device is further to:

monitor a duration of the new video clip being recorded; and

stop the recording of the new video clip in response to determining that the duration of the new video clip has reached a predetermined threshold.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the processing device is further to:

stop the recording of the new video clip in response to a user re-activation of the first UI element.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein:

the third area further includes a third UI element to add one or more additional users to the storyline; and

the method further comprises causing an identifier of the storyline to be shared with the one or more additional users in response to a user activation of the third UI element, wherein sharing the identifier of the storyline allows the one or more additional users to contribute to the storyline.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a user request to share the storyline with one or more other users; and

present information about the storyline to the one or more other users.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the processing device is further to:

present, to a user of the mobile device, a home screen UI including visual representations of storylines of the user and visual representations of additional storylines to which the user has subscribed.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

providing, on a mobile device, a storyline content user interface (UI) for adding video content to a storyline, the storyline content UI having a first area including a media player, a second area including visual representations of video clips from the storyline, and a third area including a first UI element to record video content, and a second UI element to add the recorded video content to the storyline;

in response to a user activation of the first UI element, initiating recording of a new video clip using the first area, creating a visual representation of the new video clip, and adding the visual representation of the new video clip to the second area;

in response to a user activation of the second UI element, causing the new video clip to be associated with the storyline; and

in response to a user selection of the visual representation of the new video clip, playing the new video clip in the first area.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein:

the third area further includes a third UI element to add one or more additional users to the storyline; and

the operations further comprise causing an identifier of the storyline to be shared with the one or more additional users in response to a user activation of the third UI element, wherein sharing the identifier of the storyline allows the one or more additional users to contribute to the storyline.