PROVIDING RELATED OBJECTS DURING PLAYBACK OF VIDEO DATA

• US 20180152767A1
• Filed: 11/27/2017
• Published: 05/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Simin, Lian, Jingzhong
• Application Number:
  US15/823,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20180152767A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, device, and system for processing playback of video data. The method includes obtaining an instruction during playback of video data, generating a request for data based at least in part on the instruction, wherein the request for data comprises information associated with the video data, communicating the request for data, obtaining results associated with the request for data, wherein the results associated with the request for data comprise one or more related objects relating to the video data, the one or more related objects corresponding to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one of the one or more related objects differing from an application type of the video data, and providing at least one of the one or more related objects concurrently with the video data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining an instruction during playback of video data;

generating a request for data based at least in part on the instruction, wherein the request for data comprises information associated with the video data;

obtaining results associated with the request for data, wherein the results associated with the request for data comprise one or more related objects relating to the video data, the one or more related objects corresponding to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of the video data; and

providing at least one of the one or more related objects concurrently with the video data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the video data that is comprised in the request for data comprises at least part of a video frame corresponding to the video data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more related objects are determined according to characteristic information corresponding to at least part of a video frame corresponding to the video data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the at least one of the one or more related objects comprises displaying the at least one related object in one or more corresponding presenting interfaces within an interface that comprises a display of the video data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the one or more related objects is provided in one or more corresponding presenting interfaces, and the one or more presenting interfaces respectively comprise information relating to characteristic information for the video data or an information overview relating to the characteristic information for the video data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a playing time point corresponding to a time at which the instruction is obtained; and

obtaining a video frame corresponding to the video data, wherein the video frame is obtained based at least in part on the playing time point.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the obtaining of the video frame corresponding to the video data comprises extracting the video frame from the video data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the instruction comprises:

receiving a user instruction while a playing component provides a full-screen play of the video data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the video data is displayed in a playing component, the playing component providing a full-screen play of the video data when the instruction is obtained, and the providing the at least one of the one or more related objects concurrently with the video data comprises:

switching the playing component to provide a non-full screen playing of the video data; and

providing at least one display component to display a presenting interface for the at least one of the one or more related objects, one of the at least one display component corresponding to one of the one or more related objects.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to a focal point being positioned over a first display component of the at least one display component, displaying display information and descriptive information relating to characteristic information for the video data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in response to the focal point not being positioned over the first display component, displaying an information overview relating to the characteristic information for video data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more related objects is associated with one or more of:

a viewing enhancement category, a chat category, an interaction category, a business category, and an application category.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a first related object of the at least one related object that is provided;

generating a request for content based at least in part on the selection;

communicating the request for content;

obtaining results associated with the request for content; and

displaying corresponding content based at least in part on the results associated with the request for content.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying the corresponding content based at least in part on the results associated with the request for content includes:

playing video data corresponding to results associated with the request for content in a playing component;

or

displaying the content corresponding to the results associated with the request for content in a presenting interface.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying corresponding content based at least in part on the results associated with the request for content comprises:

displaying playback of video data corresponding to a selected camera in a full-screen mode in response to selection of the video data corresponding to the selected camera from among multi-camera video data.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a prompt message during the playback of the video data,

wherein the generating the request for data based at least in part on the instruction comprises;

determining a prompt parameter corresponding to the prompt message based at least in part on the instruction, wherein the instruction corresponds to a user instruction that is input by a user; and

adding the prompt parameter to the request for data, wherein the results associated with the request for data comprise related objects corresponding to the prompt parameter.

17. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the instruction being received while video data is not being displayed, obtaining a video-related page based at least in part on the instruction and displaying the video-related page, wherein the video-related page provides at least two presentation items, the presentation items comprising video frames and related objects.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the providing of the at least one of the one or more related objects comprises displaying the at least one related object in one or more corresponding presenting interfaces within an interface that comprises the video data; and

the video data is provided at a primary position of the interface and the presenting interfaces of related objects are displayed at various auxiliary positions based at least in part on a display interface.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for data comprises one or more of a video frame, a video frame playing time point, and a video frame characteristic value.

20. A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

obtain an instruction during playback of video data;

generate a request for data based at least in part on the instruction, wherein the request for data comprises information associated with the video data;

obtain results associated with the request for data, wherein the results associated with the request for data comprise one or more related objects relating to the video data, the one or more related objects correspond to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of the video data; and

provide at least one of the one or more related objects concurrently with the video data; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

21. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

obtaining an instruction during playback of video data;

generating a request for data based at least in part on the instruction, wherein the request for data comprises information associated with the video data;

obtaining results associated with the request for data, wherein the results associated with the request for data comprise one or more related objects relating to the video data, the one or more related objects corresponding to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of the video data; and

providing at least one of the one or more related objects concurrently with the video data.

22. A method, comprising:

receiving a request for data;

determining a video frame corresponding to played video data based at least in part on the request for data;

determining one or more related objects based at least in part on the video frame, wherein the one or more related objects correspond to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one related object of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of a currently playing video data relating to the request for data;

generating results associated with the request for data based at least in part on the one or more related objects; and

communicating the results associated with the request for data to a terminal.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein determining the one or more related objects comprises:

determining a characteristic information label based at least in part on the video frame; and

identifying the one or more related objects based at least in part on the characteristic information label.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the determining the characteristic information label based on the video frame comprises:

performing an image recognition on the video frame to obtain characteristic information; and

determining the characteristic information label corresponding to the characteristic information.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

before performing the image recognition on the video frame to acquire characteristic information;

determining a playing time point or a characteristic value corresponding to the video frame; and

in response to determining the playing time point or the characteristic value corresponding to already recognized characteristic information belonging to the video frame, obtaining the characteristic information from storage.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

obtaining the one or more related objects based on a prompt parameter that is comprised in the request for data.

27. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

obtaining a request for content;

determining related object content based at least in part on the request for content; and

generating results associated with the request for content based at least in part on the related object content.

28. A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive a request for data;

determine a video frame corresponding to played video data based at least in part on the request for data;

determine one or more related objects based at least in part on the video frame, wherein the one or more related objects correspond to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one related object of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of a currently playing video data relating to the request for data;

generate results associated with the request for data based at least in part on the one or more related objects; and

communicate the results associated with the request for data to a terminal; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

29. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a request for data;

determining a video frame corresponding to played video data based at least in part on the request for data;

determining one or more related objects based at least in part on the video frame, wherein the one or more related objects correspond to one or more respective application types, at least one of the one or more application types corresponding to at least one related object of the one or more related objects being different from an application type of a currently playing video data relating to the request for data;

generating results associated with the request for data based at least in part on the one or more related objects; and

communicating the results associated with the request for data to a terminal.