Contextual video browsing

• US 9,135,371 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rajaraman, Shivakumar, Skidgel, John, Pantazopoulos, Vasilios
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai, Namitha
• Application Number:
  US13/103,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20120290933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 715/719
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7328 Query by example, e.g. a complete video frame or video sequence graphical querying G06F16/7335
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• 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 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

A method and system for contextual browsing of videos that are relevant to a current video. Browsing controls that include labels and previews are presented in a user interface. The labels represent sets of videos that are organized according to their relevancy to a current video. The previews represent videos from a set of videos that is currently in focus. If the user switches focus from one set of videos to another set of videos, the previews are updated to correspond to the videos in the second set of videos. The user can also browse through the previews in order to select another video for playback.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, executed by a server, for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface of a client device, the method comprising:

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video set labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of video set labels correspond to a plurality of video sets that are related to a current video, each video set associated with a respective relevancy score indicative of a relationship between the video set and the current video and determined based on information describing how much of each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched;

wherein the video set labels are ordered along the first direction according to the respective relevancy scores of the video sets; and

wherein focus among the plurality of video set labels is on a first video set label, the first video set label corresponding to a first video set; and

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of video previews correspond to videos from the first video set responsive to focus being on the first video set label, and

wherein the plurality of video previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of video set labels.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the video set labels from the first video set label to a second video set label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first video set label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first video set label, and wherein the first video set label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second video set label.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the video previews are located between the first video set label and the second video set label when focus is on the second video set label.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a video set label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the video set label.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a respective relevancy score of a video set is further determined based on numbers of times each video in the video set is selected after the current video is watched.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for controlling a processor to perform a method for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface, the method comprising:

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video set labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of video set labels correspond to a plurality of video sets that are related to a current video, each video set associated with a respective relevancy score indicative of a relationship between the video set and the current video and determined based on information describing how much of each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched,

wherein the video set labels are ordered along the first direction according to the respective relevancy scores of the video sets,

wherein focus among the plurality of video set labels is on a first video set label, the first video set label corresponding to a first video set; and

providing for display, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of video previews correspond to videos from the first video set responsive to focus being on the first video set label, and

wherein the plurality of video previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of video set labels.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the video set labels from the first video set label to a second video set label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first video set label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first video set label, and wherein the first video set label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second video set label.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the video previews are located between the first video set label and the second label when the focus is on the second video set label.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the method further comprising responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a video set label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the video set label.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a respective relevancy score of a video set is further determined based on numbers of times each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched.

23. A system for browsing of videos via a user interface, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform a method comprising;

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of video set labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of video set labels correspond to a plurality of video sets that are related to a current video, each video set associated with a respective relevancy score indicative of a relationship between the video set and the current video and determined based on information describing how much of each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched,

wherein the video set labels are ordered along the first direction according to the respective relevancy scores of the video sets,

wherein focus among the plurality of video set labels is on a first video set label, the first video set label corresponding to a first video set; and

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of video previews correspond to videos from the first video set responsive to focus being on the first video set label, and

wherein the plurality of video previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of video set labels.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises responsive to a user input for switching the focus among the video set labels from the first video set label to a second video set label corresponding to a second video set, updating the video previews to correspond to videos from the second video set instead of videos from the first video set.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the first video set label is located on a first side of the video previews when focus is on the first video set label, and wherein the first video set label is located on a second side of the video previews when focus is on the second video set label.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the video previews are located between the first video set label and the second video set label when focus is on the second video set label.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein focus among the plurality of previews is on a first preview corresponding to a first video from the first video set.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the first preview comprises textual information associated with the first video from the first video set.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises responsive to a user input selecting the first preview when the focus is on the first preview, playing the first video from the first video set in the user interface.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein a current video comprises a currently playing video.

31. The system of claim 23, wherein a video set label comprises a textual description of the video set that corresponds to the video set label.

32. The system of claim 23, wherein a preview comprises a still image from the video that corresponds to the preview.

33. The system of claim 23, wherein a respective relevancy score of a video set is further determined based on numbers of times each video in the video set is selected after the current video is watched.

34. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for controlling a processor to produce a user interface for browsing videos, the user interface comprising:

a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of video set labels correspond to a plurality of video sets that are related to a current video, each video set associated with a respective relevancy score indicative of a relationship between the video set and the current video and determined based on information describing how much of each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched,

wherein the video set labels are ordered along the first direction according to the respective relevancy scores of the video sets,

wherein focus among the plurality of video set labels is on a first video set label, the first video set label corresponding to a first video set; and

a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the previews correspond to videos from the first video set responsive to focus being on the first video set label.

35. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling browsing of videos via a user interface in the client device, the method comprising:

displaying in the user interface, a plurality of labels distributed along a first direction of the user interface;

wherein the plurality of video set labels correspond to a plurality of video sets that are related to a current video, each video set associated with a respective relevancy score indicative of a relationship between the video set and the current video and determined based on information describing how much of each video in the video set is watched after the current video is watched;

wherein the video set labels are ordered along the first direction according to the respective relevancy scores of the video sets; and

wherein focus among the plurality of video set labels is on a first video set label, the first video set label corresponding to a first video set; and

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of video previews distributed along a second direction of the user interface that is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of video previews correspond to videos from the first video set responsive to focus being on the first video set label, and

wherein the plurality of video previews are displayed concurrently with the plurality of video set labels.