Video chapter access and license renewal

• US 7,956,848 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Issued: 06/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sherman; Stephen G
• Application Number:
  US11/849,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20090058822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-178, 715/716, 715719-722, 715/810, 715/835, 715/838, 715/863, 178 1801- 1809, 178/18.11, 178/20.01
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• 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 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6334 for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key wireless communications network key management H04W12/04; wireless communications network access security H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

Methods, systems, and programs products for license renewal and content chapter access. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface to renew a content license, where the license identifies the content and a first period of time during which the content can be accessed. In another aspect, a method includes receiving a gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface. In response to the gesture input, a number of chapter indicators for content are presented, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with a an offset in the content. In response to a second gesture input, the content from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset is played.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in a content interface to a presentation of a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content, where transitioning the presentation of content comprises displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the chapter indicators on a back side of the content interface;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

2. The method of claim 1 where playing the content in the content interface comprises:

transitioning the presentation of the chapter indicators to a presentation of the content by displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the content on the back side of the content interface.

3. The method of claim 1 where the first gesture input is incident on an area of the surface in which the content is presented.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pausing the content in response to the first gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a control panel configured to allow a user to control the content playback and view the chapter indicators.

6. The method of claim 1 where each chapter indicator is associated with a name and where the name is presented with an image.

7. The method of claim 1 where playing the content comprises:

scaling the selected chapter'"'"'s respective image and playing the content in a content interface region occupied by the scaled image.

8. The method of claim 1 where playing the content comprises:

in response to the second gesture input, scrubbing playback of the content relative to the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

9. The method of claim 1 where the playback is presented in a thumbnail image of the selected chapter indicator.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing the content to create the chapter indicators.

11. A computer program product, encoded on a non-transitory, computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in a content interface to a presentation of a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content, where transitioning the presentation of content comprises displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the chapter indicators on a back side of the content interface;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

20. The computer program product of claim 11 where playing the content in the content interface comprises:

transitioning the presentation of the chapter indicators to a presentation of the content by displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the content on the back side of the content interface.

21. The computer program product of claim 11 where the first gesture input is incident on an area of the surface in which the content is presented.

22. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

pausing the content in response to the first gesture.

23. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

presenting a control panel configured to allow a user to control the content playback and view the chapter indicators.

24. The computer program product of claim 11 where each chapter indicator is associated with a name and where the name is presented with an image.

25. The computer program product of claim 11 where playing the content comprises:

scaling the selected chapter'"'"'s respective image and playing the content in a content interface region occupied by the scaled image.

26. The computer program product of claim 11 where playing the content comprises:

in response to the second gesture input, scrubbing playback of the content relative to the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

27. The computer program product of claim 11 where the playback is presented in a thumbnail image of the selected chapter indicator.

28. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

processing the content to create the chapter indicators.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive surface;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive surface and configurable for displaying content in a content interface;

an interface coupled to the processor and configurable for;

receiving a first gesture input incident on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in the content interface to a presentation of a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content, where transitioning the presentation of content comprises displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the chapter indicators on a back side of the content interface;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 where playing the content in the content interface comprises:

transitioning the presentation of the chapter indicators to a presentation of the content by displaying an animation in which the content interface flips to display the content on the back side of the content interface.

29. The apparatus of claim 12 where the first gesture input is incident on an area of the surface in which the content is presented.

30. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

pausing the content in response to the first gesture.

31. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

presenting a control panel configured to allow a user to control the content playback and view the chapter indicators.

32. The apparatus of claim 12 where each chapter indicator is associated with a name and where the name is presented with an image.

33. The apparatus of claim 12 where playing the content comprises:

scaling the selected chapter'"'"'s respective image and playing the content in a content interface region occupied by the scaled image.

34. The apparatus of claim 12 where playing the content comprises:

in response to the second gesture input, scrubbing playback of the content relative to the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

35. The apparatus of claim 12 where the playback is presented in a thumbnail image of the selected chapter indicator.

36. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

processing the content to create the chapter indicators.

14. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in a content interface to a presentation including a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators;

in response to the second gesture input, displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface; and

playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

15. The method of claim 14, where playing the content comprises automatically playing the content after the thumbnail image expands.

16. The method of claim 14, where presenting a number of chapter indicators comprises presenting the chapter indicators in a grid.

17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

presenting a number of chapter indicators for content in a content interface, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image representation of a first frame associated with a first offset in the content;

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface, where the first gesture corresponds to a thumbnail image representation of a selected chapter indicator;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning the thumbnail image representation from the first frame to a second frame of the content associated with a second offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface corresponding to the selected chapter indicator; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the second offset of the content.

18. The method of claim 17, where playing the content in the content interface comprises playing the content in a portion occupied by the selected chapter indicator.

19. The method of claim 17, where playing the content in the content interface comprises displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface.

37. A computer program product, encoded on a non-transitory, computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in a content interface to a presentation including a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators;

in response to the second gesture input, displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface; and

playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

38. The computer program product of claim 37, where playing the content comprises automatically playing the content after the thumbnail image expands.

39. The computer program product of claim 37, where presenting a number of chapter indicators comprises presenting the chapter indicators in a grid.

40. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive surface;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive surface and configurable for displaying content in a content interface;

an interface coupled to the processor and configurable for;

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning a presentation of content in a content interface to a presentation including a number of chapter indicators for the content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators;

in response to the second gesture input, displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface; and

playing the content in the content interface from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, where playing the content comprises automatically playing the content after the thumbnail image expands.

42. The apparatus of claim 40, where presenting a number of chapter indicators comprises presenting the chapter indicators in a grid.

43. A computer program product, encoded on a non-transitory, computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

presenting a number of chapter indicators for content in a content interface, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image representation of a first frame associated with a first offset in the content;

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface, where the first gesture corresponds to a thumbnail image representation of a selected chapter indicator;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning the thumbnail image representation from the first frame to a second frame of the content associated with a second offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface corresponding to the selected chapter indicator; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the second offset of the content.

44. The computer program product of claim 43, where playing the content in the content interface comprises playing the content in a portion occupied by the selected chapter indicator.

45. The computer program product of claim 43, where playing the content in the content interface comprises displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface.

46. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive surface;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive surface and configurable for displaying content in a content interface;

an interface coupled to the processor and configurable for;

presenting a number of chapter indicators for content in a content interface, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image representation of a first frame associated with a first offset in the content;

receiving a first gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface, where the first gesture corresponds to a thumbnail image representation of a selected chapter indicator;

in response to the first gesture input, transitioning the thumbnail image representation from the first frame to a second frame of the content associated with a second offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the surface corresponding to the selected chapter indicator; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content in the content interface from the second offset of the content.

47. The method of claim 46, where playing the content in the content interface comprises playing the content in a portion occupied by the selected chapter indicator.

48. The method of claim 46, where playing the content in the content interface comprises displaying an animation in which the thumbnail image associated with the selected chapter indicator expands into a portion of the content interface.