SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT

• US 20170255372A1
• Filed: 03/07/2016
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hsu, Joyce, Sutton, Charles Matthew, Rovira, Jaime Leonardo, Hu, Anning, Gupta, Chetan Parag, Warren, Cliff
• Granted Patent: US 10,824,320 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one request to access a content item, wherein the content item was composed using a set of camera feeds that capture at least one scene from a set of different positions. A viewport interface can be provided on a display screen of the computing device through which playback of the content item is presented, the viewport interface being configured to allow a user operating the computing device to virtually navigate the at least one scene by changing i) a direction of the viewport interface relative to the scene or ii) a zoom level of the viewport interface. A navigation indicator can be provided in the viewport interface, the navigation indicator being configured to visually indicate any changes to a respective direction and zoom level of the viewport interface during playback of the content item.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, at least one request to access a content item, wherein the content item was composed using a set of camera feeds that capture at least one scene from a set of different positions;

providing, by the computing device, a viewport interface on a display screen of the computing device through which playback of the content item is presented, the viewport interface being configured to allow a user operating the computing device to virtually navigate the at least one scene by changing i) a direction of the viewport interface relative to the scene or ii) a zoom level of the viewport interface; and

providing, by the computing device, a navigation indicator in the viewport interface, the navigation indicator being configured to visually indicate any changes to a respective direction and zoom level of the viewport interface during playback of the content item.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, a respective direction of at least one point of interest in the scene; and

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one point of interest in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, a respective direction of at least one sound produced in the scene during playback of the content item; and

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one sound in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that the content item is associated with an auto mode that specifies information for virtually navigating a set of points of interest in the scene;

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate that the auto mode is enabled; and

causing, by the computing device, the viewport interface to virtually navigate the scene based at least in part on the auto mode.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the auto mode information also specifies respective trajectories for guiding the viewport interface in the scene while virtually navigating between points of interest in the set of points of interest.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that the user has performed one or more operations to change the direction of the viewport interface or the zoom level of the viewport interface;

causing, by the computing device, the auto mode to be disabled;

causing, by the computing device, the viewport interface to correspond to the changed direction or zoom level; and

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate the changed direction or zoom level, wherein the navigation indicator no longer indicates that the auto mode is enabled.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since the user performed the one or more operations to change the direction or the zoom level of the viewport interface;

causing, by the computing device, the auto mode to be re-enabled; and

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate that the auto mode is enabled.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that the user has performed one or more operations to change the direction of the viewport interface or the zoom level of the viewport interface;

causing, by the computing device, the viewport interface to correspond to the changed direction or zoom level; and

causing, by the computing device, the navigation indicator to visually indicate the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that the user has performed a touch gesture on a region of the display screen that corresponds to the navigation indicator; and

causing, by the computing device, the viewport interface to correspond to a direction and zoom level that was specified by a publisher of the content item.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the one or more operations include at least one touch gesture or device gesture.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

determining at least one request to access a content item, wherein the content item was composed using a set of camera feeds that capture at least one scene from a set of different positions;

providing a viewport interface on a display screen of the computing device through which playback of the content item is presented, the viewport interface being configured to allow a user operating the computing device to virtually navigate the at least one scene by changing i) a direction of the viewport interface relative to the scene or ii) a zoom level of the viewport interface; and

providing a navigation indicator in the viewport interface, the navigation indicator being configured to visually indicate any changes to a respective direction and zoom level of the viewport interface during playback of the content item.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

determining a respective direction of at least one point of interest in the scene; and

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one point of interest in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

determining a respective direction of at least one sound produced in the scene during playback of the content item; and

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one sound in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

determining that the content item is associated with an auto mode that specifies information for virtually navigating a set of points of interest in the scene;

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate that the auto mode is enabled; and

causing the viewport interface to virtually navigate the scene based at least in part on the auto mode.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the auto mode information also specifies respective trajectories for guiding the viewport interface in the scene while virtually navigating between points of interest in the set of points of interest.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:

determining at least one request to access a content item, wherein the content item was composed using a set of camera feeds that capture at least one scene from a set of different positions;

providing a viewport interface on a display screen of the computing device through which playback of the content item is presented, the viewport interface being configured to allow a user operating the computing device to virtually navigate the at least one scene by changing i) a direction of the viewport interface relative to the scene or ii) a zoom level of the viewport interface; and

providing a navigation indicator in the viewport interface, the navigation indicator being configured to visually indicate any changes to a respective direction and zoom level of the viewport interface during playback of the content item.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to perform:

determining a respective direction of at least one point of interest in the scene; and

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one point of interest in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to perform:

determining a respective direction of at least one sound produced in the scene during playback of the content item; and

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate the respective direction of the at least one sound in addition to visually indicating the direction and zoom level of the viewport interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to perform:

determining that the content item is associated with an auto mode that specifies information for virtually navigating a set of points of interest in the scene;

causing the navigation indicator to visually indicate that the auto mode is enabled; and

causing the viewport interface to virtually navigate the scene based at least in part on the auto mode.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the auto mode information also specifies respective trajectories for guiding the viewport interface in the scene while virtually navigating between points of interest in the set of points of interest.