Progress bar for branched videos
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A system for navigating and visualizing the progression of selectably presentable video content, the system comprising:
- a computing device having at least one processing unit programmed to provide;
a progress indicator module for providing for display a dynamic progression status of at least one of a plurality of video content paths, each content path comprising a plurality of selectably presentable video content segments,wherein the progression status comprises a video content length indicator that is dynamically updated after each decision point to indicate a possible amount of remaining video playback time, wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time is based on the playback lengths of one or more potentially viewable video content segments in one or more video content paths following the decision point, and wherein a particular decision point comprises a point in a video content segment for determining a transition from the video content segment to one of a plurality of other video content segments,wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time comprises at least one of a maximum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the longest total length of video content segments, a minimum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the shortest total length of video content segments, and an average duration based in part on an average playback length of all possible video content paths following the decision point; and
an interactive control module for facilitating navigation along the video content paths.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for navigating and visualizing the progression of selectably presentable video content includes a progress indicator module for dynamically displaying the progression status of video content paths made up of selectably presentable video content segments. The system further includes an interactive control module for facilitating navigation along the video content paths. The progression status may be graphically represented in the form of a tree structure having linked video content segments forming the content paths. The control module may be used to navigation the video within this tree structure.
100 Citations
34 Claims
-
1. A system for navigating and visualizing the progression of selectably presentable video content, the system comprising:
a computing device having at least one processing unit programmed to provide; a progress indicator module for providing for display a dynamic progression status of at least one of a plurality of video content paths, each content path comprising a plurality of selectably presentable video content segments, wherein the progression status comprises a video content length indicator that is dynamically updated after each decision point to indicate a possible amount of remaining video playback time, wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time is based on the playback lengths of one or more potentially viewable video content segments in one or more video content paths following the decision point, and wherein a particular decision point comprises a point in a video content segment for determining a transition from the video content segment to one of a plurality of other video content segments, wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time comprises at least one of a maximum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the longest total length of video content segments, a minimum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the shortest total length of video content segments, and an average duration based in part on an average playback length of all possible video content paths following the decision point; and an interactive control module for facilitating navigation along the video content paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
18. A method for navigating and visualizing the progression of selectably presentable video content, the method comprising the steps of:
-
providing for display, by a computing device having at least one processing unit, a dynamic progression status of at least one of a plurality of video content paths, each content path comprising a plurality of selectably presentable video content segments, wherein the progression status comprises a video content length indicator that is dynamically updated after each decision point to indicate a possible amount of remaining video playback time, wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time is based on the playback lengths of one or more potentially viewable video content segments in one or more video content paths following the decision point, and wherein a particular decision point comprises a point in a video content segment for determining a transition from the video content segment to one of a plurality of other video content segments, wherein the possible amount of remaining video playback time comprises one or more of a maximum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the longest total length of video content segments, a minimum duration based in part on a possible video content path following the decision point and having the shortest total length of video content segments, and an average duration based in part on an average playback length of all possible video content paths following the decision point; and facilitating navigation along the video content paths. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification