Video processing method, mobile terminal, and server

• US 10,412,137 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Huixing, Wang, Zhihao, Huang, Junhong, Lu, Yin, Wang, Minghui, Li, Haiyou, Yu, Shang, Lin, Jun, Liu, Yi, Lin, Jiancheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Joshi, Suraj M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Habtemariam, Melaku Y
• Application Number:
  US14/732,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709232
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a video processing method, a mobile terminal, and a server. The method may include: sending, by a mobile terminal, a request to a server for pulling status update data of a social network, so that the server acquires original status update data that is requested to be pulled, the original status update data including a source video address; performing, by the server, adaptation processing on the source video address, to generate an adaptive video address; updating, by the server, the original status update data by using the adaptive video address, to obtain optimized status update data, and returning the optimized status update data to the mobile terminal; and obtaining, by the mobile terminal, adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and playing the adaptive video data.

Claims

1. A video processing method, comprising:

sending, by a mobile terminal, a request to a server for pulling status update data of a social network, so that the server acquires original status update data that is requested to be pulled, the original status update data including a source video address, wherein the source video address is configured to present a video content in a first playback area when being accessed by the mobile terminal;

performing, by the server, adaptation processing on the source video address to generate an adaptive video address, wherein the adaptive video address has a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the source video address, the adaptive video address being directed to adaptive video data which is modified from original video data at the source video address;

updating, by the server, the original status update data by using the adaptive video address to obtain optimized status update data, and returning the optimized status update data to the mobile terminal; and

obtaining, by the mobile terminal, adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and playing the adaptive video data that presents the video content in a second playback area on the mobile terminal, the second playback area being greater than the first playback area,

wherein the step of performing, by the server, adaptation processing on the source video address to generate an adaptive video address comprises;

extracting, by the server, the source video address from the original status update data; and

adding, by the server, an address of a proxy common gateway interface (CGI) to a field of the source video address, to generate the adaptive video address, wherein the generated adaptive video address includes both the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing, by the server, adaptation processing on the source video address to generate an adaptive video address comprises:

extracting, by the server, the source video address from the original status update data;

calling, by the server, a video conversion interface of a third-party video website; and

converting the source video address into an adaptive video address suitable for the mobile terminal by using the video conversion interface of the third-party video website.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of obtaining, by the mobile terminal, adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and playing the adaptive video data comprises:

sending, by the mobile terminal, an adaptive video acquisition request to the third-party video website according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data;

receiving, by the mobile terminal, the adaptive video data that is returned by the third-party video website and identified by the adaptive video address; and

playing, by the mobile terminal, the adaptive video data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining, by the mobile terminal, adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and playing the adaptive video data comprises:

parsing, by the mobile terminal, the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, to obtain the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address; and

sending, by the mobile terminal, an adaptation request to the proxy CGI, wherein the adaptation request comprises the source video address, so that the proxy CGI calls a video conversion interface of a third-party video website, and converts the source video address into an optimized video address suitable for the mobile terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, the optimized video address returned by the proxy CGI, and sending an adaptive video acquisition request to the third-party video website according to the optimized video address;

receiving, by the mobile terminal, the adaptive video data that is returned by the third-party video website and identified by the optimized video address; and

playing, by the mobile terminal, the adaptive video data.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the second playback area occupies an entire screen of the mobile terminal.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the step of adding the address of the CGI to the field of the source video address is performed before the server returns the optimized status update data to the mobile terminal.

14. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the video conversion interface of the third-party video website is not called before the server returns the optimized status update data to the mobile terminal.

15. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the video conversion interface of the third-party video website is called only when the mobile terminal receives a use instruction to present the video content in the status update data.

16. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

the step of converting the source video address into the adaptive video address is completed before the server returns the status update to the mobile terminal.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

in response to the request for pulling status update data, only the adaptive video data address is generated by the server without updating the original status update data; and

the original status update data is updated only when the mobile terminal selects to play the video content.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the generated adaptive video address is an accessible address for the adaptive video data and is a combination of the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

program modules stored in the memory to be executed by the processor, the program modules comprising;

a status update pull module configured to send a request to a server for pulling status update data of a social network, so that the server pulls original status update data and processes the original status update data to generate optimized status update data, wherein the original status update data includes a source video address, and the optimized status update data includes an adaptive video address generated by performing adaptation processing on the source video address, and wherein the source video address is configured to present a video content in a first playback area when being accessed by the mobile terminal;

the adaptive video address has a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the source video address, the adaptive video address being directed to adaptive video data which is modified from original video data at the source video address; and

the adaptive video address is generated by adding a proxy common gateway interface (CGI) to a field of the source video address such that the generated adaptive video address includes both the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address;

a data receiving module configured to receive the optimized status update data returned by the server; and

a video playback module configured to obtain adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and to play the adaptive video data that presents the video content in a second playback area on the mobile terminal, the second playback area being greater than the first playback area.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the video playback module comprises:

a video request unit configured to send an adaptive video acquisition request to a third-party video website according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data;

a data receiving unit configured to receive the adaptive video data that is returned by the third-party video website and identified by the adaptive video address; and

a playback unit configured to play the adaptive video data,

wherein the adaptive video address is an adaptive video address that is suitable for the mobile terminal and generated by converting the source video address, and the conversion of the source video address is performed by the server by calling a video conversion interface of the third-party video website.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the video playback module comprises:

a parsing unit configured to parse the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and to obtain the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address; and

an adaptation request unit configured to send an adaptation request to the proxy CGI, wherein the adaptation request comprises the source video address, so that the proxy CGI calls a video conversion interface of a third-party video website, and converts the source video address into an optimized video address suitable for the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the video playback module further comprises:

an address receiving unit configured to receive the optimized video address returned by the proxy CGI;

a video request unit configured to send an adaptive video acquisition request to the third-party video website according to the optimized video address;

a data receiving unit configured to receive the adaptive video data that is returned by the third-party video website and identified by the optimized video address; and

a playback unit configured to play the adaptive video data.

10. A server, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

program modules stored in the memory to be executed by the processor, the program modules comprising;

a status update acquisition module configured to acquire original status update data that is requested to be pulled by a mobile terminal, the original status update data comprising a source video address, wherein the source video address is configured to present a video content in a first playback area when being accessed by the mobile terminal;

an adaptation processing module configured to perform adaptation processing on the source video address, to generate an adaptive video address, wherein the adaptive video address has a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the source video address, the adaptive video address being directed to adaptive video data which is modified from original video data at the source video address;

a data update module configured to update the original status update data by using the adaptive video address to obtain optimized status update data; and

a data returning module configured to return the optimized status update data to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal obtains adaptive video data according to the adaptive video address in the optimized status update data, and plays the adaptive video data that presents the video content in a second playback area on the mobile terminal, the second playback area being greater than the first playback area,

wherein the adaptation processing module is further configured to;

extract the source video address from the original status update data; and

add an address of a proxy common gateway interface (CGI) to a field of the source video address, to generate the adaptive video address, wherein the generated adaptive video address includes both the address of the proxy CGI and the source video address.

11. The server according to claim 10, wherein the adaptation processing module comprises:

an extraction unit configured to extract the source video address from the original status update data; and

an adaptation processing unit configured to call a video conversion interface of a third-party video website, and to convert the source video address into an adaptive video address suitable for the mobile terminal by using the video conversion interface of the third-party video web site.