Timeline interface for video content

• US 9,747,951 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• 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, James L., Timmermann, Jordan M., Treder, Douglas M., Wilson, Brian M., Young, Kelvin C., Wyman, Michael John
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, William
• Application Number:
  US14/826,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20150357001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 386241, 386243
• 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 user interface is rendered on a display, where the user interface includes selectable cast member components and a timeline component. The timeline component corresponds to a video content feature and visually segments it into scenes. A user selection of a particular selectable cast member component is received, and a subset of scenes in which a corresponding cast member performs is determined based at least in part on extrinsic data. The timeline component is updated to visually indicate the subset of scenes.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, wherein when executed the program causes the at least one computing device to at least:

determine a current scene in a video content feature being rendered on at least one display;

cause a user interface to be rendered on the at least one display, 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;

receive a user selection of a particular selectable cast member component of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

determine, 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 a particular cast member performs, the particular cast member corresponding to the particular selectable cast member component; and

cause the timeline component to visually indicate the subset of the plurality of scenes.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the particular selectable cast member component includes an image of the particular cast member.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the particular selectable cast member component includes a name of the particular cast member.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the particular selectable cast member component includes a name of a character performed by the particular cast member.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user interface is rendered in response to a pause command.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein when executed the program further causes the at least one computing device to at least:

receive a user selection of a sequential play component; and

cause the subset of the plurality of scenes from the video content feature to be rendered sequentially on the at least one display.

7. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least;

cause a user interface to be rendered on at least one display, the user interface including a timeline component corresponding to a 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 user interface further including a plurality of selectable cast member components;

receive a user selection of a particular selectable cast member component of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

determine, 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 a particular cast member performs, the particular cast member corresponding to the particular selectable cast member component; and

cause the timeline component to visually indicate the subset of the plurality of scenes.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein when executed the at least one application further causes the at least one computing device to at least determine a current scene in the video content feature.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the timeline component visually indicates the current scene.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the particular selectable cast member component includes at least one of:

an image of the particular cast member, a name of a character performed by the particular cast member, or a name of the particular cast member.

11. The system of claim 7, 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.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the user interface includes a component indicating a quantity of scenes of the video content feature in which the particular cast member performs.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein when executed the at least one application further causes the at least one computing device to at least:

receive a user selection of a sequential play component; and

cause the subset of the plurality of scenes from the video content feature to be rendered sequentially on the at least one display.

14. A method, comprising:

causing, by at least one computing device, a user interface to be rendered on at least one display, the user interface including a timeline component corresponding to a 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 user interface further including a plurality of selectable cast member components;

receiving, by the at least one computing device, a user selection of a particular selectable cast member component of the plurality of selectable cast member components;

determining, by 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 a particular cast member performs, the particular cast member corresponding to the particular selectable cast member component; and

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

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the particular cast member corresponds to one of a plurality of cast members who perform in the video content feature.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one computing device, a user selection of a sequential play component; and

causing, by the at least one computing device, the subset of the plurality of scenes from the video content feature to be rendered sequentially on the at least one display.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising causing a component to be rendered in the user interface that indicates a quantity of scenes from the video content feature in which the particular cast member performs.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving, by the at least one computing device, a pause command.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

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

causing, by the at least one computing device, the timeline component to visually indicate the current scene.