Video player with seamless contraction
First Claim
1. A video player for playing a read-only video content presentation comprising a plurality of video segments associable with indicia of which segment(s) are potentially salient wherein at least one salient segment is determined to be salient and at least one non-salient segment is not determined to be salient;
- the video player capable of;
simultaneously reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s) without modifying any content of the non-salient segment(s) and without materially changing the allocation of time for playing any salient segment(s); and
presenting for display a time bar that indicates a shorter presentation playtime in response to such reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s).
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Abstract
A relativity controller is a scroll bar/window combination that provides a way to see data in relation to both the context of its wholeness and the salience of its contents. To accomplish this, the linear density or other appearance of the scroll bar (acting as a ruler or scale) varies with the density of the document salience (as indicated by different kinds of annotations or marks). It also provides a way to zoom between perspectives. This is usable on many different data types: including sound, video, graphics, calendars and word processors.
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36 Claims
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1. A video player for playing a read-only video content presentation comprising a plurality of video segments associable with indicia of which segment(s) are potentially salient wherein at least one salient segment is determined to be salient and at least one non-salient segment is not determined to be salient;
- the video player capable of;
simultaneously reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s) without modifying any content of the non-salient segment(s) and without materially changing the allocation of time for playing any salient segment(s); and presenting for display a time bar that indicates a shorter presentation playtime in response to such reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- the video player capable of;
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14. A video player for playing a read-only video content presentation comprising a plurality of video segments associable with indicia of which segment(s) are potentially salient wherein at least one salient segment is determined to be salient and at least one non-salient segment is not determined to be salient;
- the video player capable of;
providing a user with an affordance to elect to reduce the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s); simultaneously reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s) without modifying any content of the non-salient segment(s) and without materially changing the allocation of time for playing any salient segment(s); and presenting for display a time bar that indicates a shorter presentation playtime in response to such reducing the allocation of time for playing all non-salient segment(s). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- the video player capable of;
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27. A video player for playing a read-only video content presentation comprising a plurality of video segments to which indicia of which segment(s) are potentially salient can be associated, wherein at least one salient segment is determined to be salient and at least one non-salient segment is not determined to be salient;
- the video player capable of;
allowing the appearance of only the salient segment(s), whereby the video playtime is shortened without modifying any content of the non-salient segment(s), during play of the presentation; and presenting for display a time bar that indicates a shorter video playtime in response to such shortening of the video playtime. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- the video player capable of;
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