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Video player with assisted seek

  • US 9,363,579 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • requesting a video content item for viewing;

    receiving a stream including the video content item;

    receiving a plurality of thumbnails, each thumbnail associated with a time point in the video content item;

    playing the stream of the video content item starting at a first time point;

    receiving at a viewing progress bar in the user interface a selection gesture at a second time point in the video content item;

    responsive to receiving the selection gesture, displaying a subset of the plurality of thumbnails, the subset arranged chronologically and associated with a first time range of the video content item, the subset having a thumbnail associated with the second time point, wherein the thumbnail associated with the second time point is displayed at a larger size than the remainder of the thumbnails in the subset;

    receiving in the user interface a drag gesture, the drag gesture having a magnitude and a direction;

    dynamically updating the thumbnails in the subset responsive to the magnitude and direction of the drag gesture, wherein the updated thumbnails span a second time range of the video content item; and

    visually displaying an indicator indicating the magnitude and the direction of the drag gesture, the magnitude represented visually by how far the indicator extended, the indicator displayed adjacent to the thumbnail that is displayed at the larger size.

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