VIDEO PLAY METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20180261256A1
• Filed: 04/26/2018
• Published: 09/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: LIU, Yongfeng, WANG, Hui
• Granted Patent: US 10,643,666 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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
• 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 21/47217 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 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for playing a video are described. In an example, processing circuitry of the apparatus acquires, when the video is switched from a first application interface to a second application interface, first progress information and first position information of the video in the first application interface. The first position information is indicative of a first video playback window in the first application interface. Then, the processing circuitry resumes playing the video in the second application interface according to the first progress information. Further, the processing circuitry acquires, when the video is switched from the second application interface to the first application interface, second progress information of the video in the second application interface. The processing circuitry determines the first video playback window according to the first position information, and resumes playing the video in the first video playback window according to the second progress information.

Claims

1. A method for playing a video, including:

acquiring, by processing circuitry of an apparatus, and when the video is switched from being played in a first application interface to being played in a second application interface on a display screen for the apparatus, first progress information and first position information of the video in the first application interface, the first position information being indicative of position information of a first video playback window for the video in the first application interface;

resuming playing the video according to the first progress information in the second application interface;

acquiring, when the video is switched from being played in the second application interface to being played in the first application interface, second progress information of the video in the second application interface;

determining the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information; and

resuming playing the video in the first video play window in the first application interface according to the second progress information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resuming playing the video according to the first progress information in the second application interface comprises:

determining a first video segment of the video according to the first progress information;

configuring the second application interface as a video output interface; and

outputting the first video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the second application interface.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the resuming playing the video in the first video play window in the first application interface according to the second progress information comprises:

determining a second video segment in the video according to the second progress information;

configuring the first application interface as the video output interface; and

outputting the second video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the first application interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information comprises:

acquiring a window link address from the first position information; and

switching to the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the window link address.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information comprises:

acquiring a positioning point according to the first position information; and

determining the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the positioning point.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the video is switched from being played in the second application interface to being played in the first application interface, the method further includes:

acquiring second position information, the second position information being indicative of position information of a second video playback window for the video in the second application interface.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the resuming playing the video in the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the second progress information, the method comprises:

determining the second video playback window in the second application interface according to the second position information when the video is switched from being played in the first application interface to being played in the second application interface.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

adjusting a size and a position of a view area of the first video playback window according to a size of the video.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

interface circuitry configured to output signals to a display screen; and

processing circuitry configured to;

acquire, when a video is switched from being played in a first application interface to being played in a second application interface on the display screen, first progress information and first position information of the video in the first application interface, the first position information being indicative of position information of a first video playback window for the video in the first application interface;

resume playing the video according to the first progress information in the second application interface;

acquire, when the video is switched from being played in the second application interface to being played in the first application interface, second progress information of the video in the second application interface;

determine the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information; and

resume playing the video in the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the second progress information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

determine a first video segment of the video according to the first progress information; and

configure the second application interface as a video output interface; and

output the first video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the second application interface.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

determine a second video segment in the video according to the second progress information; and

configure the first application interface as the video output interface; and

output the second video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the first application interface.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

acquire a window link address from the first position information; and

switch to the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the window link address.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

acquire a positioning point according to the first position information; and

determine the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the positioning point.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein before the video is switched from being played in the second application interface to being played in the first application interface, the processing circuitry is configured to:

acquire second position information, the second position information being indicative of position information of a second video playback window for the video in the second application interface.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein after the resuming playing the video in the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the second progress information, the processing circuitry is configured to:

determine the second video playback window in the second application interface according to the second position information when the video is switched from being played in the first application interface to being played in the second application interface.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to adjust a size and a position of a view area of the first video playback window according to a size of the video.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform:

acquiring, when a video is switched from being played in a first application interface to being played in a second application interface on a display screen, first progress information and first position information of the video in the first application interface, the first position information being indicative of position information of a first video playback window for the video in the first application interface;

resuming playing the video according to the first progress information in the second application interface;

acquiring, when the video is switched from being played in the second application interface to being played in the first application interface, second progress information of the video in the second application interface;

determining the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information; and

resuming playing the video in the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the second progress information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein to resume playing the video according to the first progress information in the second application interface, the instructions cause the computer to perform:

determining a first video segment of the video according to the first progress information; and

configuring the second application interface as a video output interface; and

outputting the first video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the second application interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein to resume playing the video in the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the second progress information, the instructions cause the computer to perform:

determining a second video segment in the video according to the second progress information; and

configuring the first application interface as the video output interface; and

outputting the second video segment to the video output interface to resume playing the video in the first application interface.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein to determine the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the first position information, the instructions cause the computer to perform:

acquiring a window link address from the first position information; and

switching to the first video playback window in the first application interface according to the window link address.