Timeline interface for video content

• US 9,113,128 B1
• Filed: 08/31/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Aliverti, Brent D., Brahmbhatt, Kintan D., Carlson, Adam, Dantzler, Jim L., Timmermann, Jordan M., Treder, Douglas M., Wilson, Brian M., Young, Kelvin C., Wyman, Michael John
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, William
• Application Number:
  US13/601,235
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 386/230, 386/243
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/79 Processing of colour television signals in connection with recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for presenting a timeline interface in association with video content features. A video content feature may be rendered on a display. A current scene in the video content feature is determined. A user interface is rendered on the display, where the user interface includes a timeline component. The timeline component represents the video content feature and visually segments the video content feature into scenes. The current scene may be visually indicated on the timeline component.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:

code that renders a video content feature on at least one display;

code that obtains a pause command from a user;

code that determines a current scene in the video content feature;

code that renders a user interface on the at least one display in response to the video content feature being paused, the user interface including a timeline component corresponding to the video content feature and visually segmenting the video content feature into a plurality of scenes, the timeline component visually indicating the current scene, at least two of the plurality of scenes being of unequal length;

the user interface further including a plurality of selectable cast member components, individual ones of the plurality of selectable cast member components including an image of a respective one of a plurality of cast members who perform in the current scene, a name of the respective one of the plurality of cast members, and a name of a respective character performed by the respective one of the plurality of cast members;

code that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

code that determines, in response to the user selection, a subset of the plurality of scenes based at least in part on extrinsic data associated with the video content feature, the subset of the plurality of scenes corresponding to scenes of the video content feature in which the respective one of the plurality of cast members performs; and

code that updates the timeline component to visually indicate the subset of the plurality of scenes.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

code that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes; and

code that renders information about the one of the plurality of scenes in the user interface based at least in part on the extrinsic data in response to the user selection of the one of the plurality of scenes.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

code that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes; and

code that cues the video content feature to a start time of the one of the plurality of scenes in response to the user selection of the one of the plurality of scenes.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code that updates the one of the plurality of selectable cast member components to indicate a quantity of scenes of the video content feature in which the respective one of the plurality of cast members performs.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable cast member components are rendered in a scrollable viewport of the user interface.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code that renders the subset of the plurality of scenes from the video content feature sequentially on the at least one display in response to a user selection of a sequential play component.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user interface at least partially obscures a rendering of the video content feature on the at least one display.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code that renders at least one quotation from the current scene in the user interface.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

code that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

code that cues playback of the video content feature to a start time associated with the one of the plurality of scenes in response to the user selection of the one of the plurality of scenes.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

code that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

code that renders a representative scene image, a scene title, or both corresponding to the one of the plurality of scenes relative to a representation on the timeline component of the one of the plurality of scenes.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

code that obtains a user request to bookmark one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component;

code that associates a bookmark for the one of the plurality of scenes with a user account in response to the user request; and

code that updates the timeline component to display an indication of the bookmark in association with the one of the plurality of scenes.

12. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, the at least one application comprising;

logic that renders a video content feature on at least one display;

logic that obtains a pause command from a user;

logic that determines a current scene in the video content feature;

logic that renders a user interface on at least one display in response to the video content feature being paused, the user interface including a timeline component corresponding to the video content feature and visually segmenting the video content feature into a plurality of scenes, the timeline component visually indicating the current scene, at least two of the plurality of scenes being of unequal length;

the user interface further including a plurality of selectable cast member components, individual ones of the plurality of selectable cast member components including an image of a respective one of a plurality of cast members who perform in the current scene, a name of the respective one of the plurality of cast members, and a name of a respective character performed by the respective one of the plurality of cast members;

logic that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

logic that determines, in response to the user selection, a subset of the plurality of scenes based at least in part on extrinsic data associated with the video content feature, the subset of the plurality of scenes corresponding to scenes of the video content feature in which the respective one of the plurality of cast members performs; and

logic that updates the timeline component to visually indicate the subset of the plurality of scenes.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising logic that renders the subset of the plurality of scenes from the video content feature sequentially on the at least one display in response to a user selection of a sequential play component.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the user interface at least partially obscures a rendering of the video content feature on the at least one display.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one display comprises a first display and a second display, the video content feature is rendered on the first display, and the user interface is rendered on the second display.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one application further comprises logic that renders at least one quotation from the current scene in the user interface.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one application further comprises:

logic that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

logic that cues playback of the video content feature to a start time associated with the one of the plurality of scenes in response to the user selection of the one of the plurality of scenes.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one application further comprises:

logic that obtains a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

logic that renders a representative scene image, a scene title, or both corresponding to the one of the plurality of scenes relative to a representation on the timeline component of the one of the plurality of scenes.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one application further comprises:

logic that obtains a user request to bookmark one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component;

logic that associates a bookmark for the one of the plurality of scenes with a user account in response to the user request; and

logic that updates the timeline component to display an indication of the bookmark in association with the one of the plurality of scenes.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the logic that associates the bookmark is configured to report the bookmark to at least one server.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the extrinsic data includes popular scene data that indicates another subset of the plurality of scenes, the other subset of the plurality of scenes being associated with a bookmark frequency meeting a threshold for a group of users.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the one of the plurality of selectable cast member components includes an indication of a quantity of scenes of the video content feature in which the respective cast member performs.

23. A method, comprising:

rendering, in at least one computing device, a video content feature on at least one display;

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a pause command from a user;

determining, in the at least one computing device, a current scene in the video content feature;

rendering, in the at least one computing device, a user interface on the at least one display in response to the video content feature being paused, the user interface including a timeline component corresponding to the video content feature and visually segmenting the video content feature into a plurality of scenes, at least two of the plurality of scenes being of unequal length, the current scene being visually indicated on the timeline component;

the user interface further including a plurality of selectable cast member components, individual ones of the plurality of selectable cast member components including an image of a respective one of a plurality of cast members who perform in the current scene, a name of the respective one of the plurality of cast members, and a name of a respective character performed by the respective one of the plurality of cast members;

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

determining, in the at least one computing device, in response to the user selection, a subset of the plurality of scenes based at least in part on extrinsic data associated with the video content feature, the subset of the plurality of scenes corresponding to scenes of the video content feature in which the respective one of the plurality of cast members performs; and

updating, in the at least one computing device, the timeline component to visually indicate the subset of the plurality of scenes.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a user comment regarding the current scene through the user interface; and

associating, in the at least one computing device, the user comment with the current scene.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

commencing, in the at least one computing device, playback of the one of the plurality of scenes in response to the user selection of the one of the plurality of scenes.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component;

determining, in the at least one computing device, at least one quotation corresponding to the one of the plurality of scenes; and

rendering, in the at least one computing device, the at least one quotation in the user interface.

27. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

determining, in the at least one computing device, at least one quotation corresponding to the current scene; and

rendering, in the at least one computing device, the at least one quotation in the user interface.

28. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

obtaining, in the at least one computing device, a user selection of one of the plurality of scenes by way of the timeline component; and

rendering, in the at least one computing device, a preview image for the one of the plurality of scenes relative to the timeline component.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein the plurality of selectable cast member components are rendered in a scrollable viewport of the user interface.

30. The method of claim 23, further comprising updating, in the at least one computing device, the one of the plurality of selectable cast member components to indicate a quantity of scenes of the video content feature in which the respective one of the plurality of cast members performs.