SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOTING ON POPULAR VIDEO INTERVALS

• US 20140130080A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Badoiu, Mihai, Muthukrishnan, Shanmugavelayutham
• Application Number:
  US14/137,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20140130080A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23109 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie

Abstract

A system and method is provided for identifying popular intervals in online hosted videos. To determine popular intervals associated with a video, a plurality of votes for one or more intervals of the video are collected and organized into a plurality of groups. Each group includes votes for intervals of the video that are similar to each other. A group having the highest number of votes is identified, and a most popular clip of the video is formed based upon the intervals in the group with the highest number of votes. This process can be carried out to determine the groups having the second and third highest number of votes in a single video to form the second and third most popular clips in that video, as well as across numerous videos to identify the most popular clips within different videos.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a popular clip of a video, comprising:

displaying, by a client, a user interface illustrating a video received by the client from a server;

displaying, in the user interface, a timeline corresponding to the video; and

displaying, in the timeline, at least one marker visually distinguishing an indication of an interval of the video that is a popular clip.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interval of the video is specified by a start time in the video and includes a subset of content in the video identified as popular by users of clients that received the video from the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a user interface element adapted to receive a vote by a user of the client designating the interval of the video that is the popular clip.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the video has a plurality of popular clips ranked in an order of popularity and displaying the at least one marker comprises:

displaying, in the timeline, a plurality of markers representing a subset of the plurality of popular clips of the video, the represented subset of the plurality of popular clips selected responsive to the ranked order of the plurality of popular clips.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a thumbnail image corresponding to the popular clip of the video responsive to an indication of interest in the popular clip by a user of the client.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of markers in the timeline, the markers respectively associated with a plurality of popular clips of the video;

simultaneously displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to the plurality of popular clips of the video associated with the markers displayed in the timeline.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of popular clips of the video are ranked in an order of popularity and the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed in the ranked order.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a computer to identify a popular clip of a video, the instructions comprising instructions executable to:

display, by a client, a user interface illustrating a video received by the client from a server;

display, in the user interface, a timeline corresponding to the video; and

display, in the timeline, at least one marker visually distinguishing an indication of an interval of the video that is a popular clip.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the interval of the video is specified by a start time in the video and includes a subset of content in the video identified as popular by users of clients that received the video from the server.

10. The medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable by a computer to:

display, in the user interface, a user interface element adapted to receive a vote by a user of the client designating the interval of the video that is the popular clip.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the video has a plurality of popular clips ranked in an order of popularity and displaying the at least one marker comprises:

displaying, in the timeline, a plurality of markers representing a subset of the plurality of popular clips of the video, the represented subset of the plurality of popular clips selected responsive to the ranked order of the plurality of popular clips.

12. The medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable by a computer to:

display, in the user interface, a thumbnail image corresponding to the popular clip of the video responsive to an indication of interest in the popular clip by a user of the client.

13. The medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable by a computer to:

display, in the user interface, a plurality of markers in the timeline, the markers respectively associated with a plurality of popular clips of the video;

simultaneously display, in the user interface, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to the plurality of popular clips of the video associated with the markers displayed in the timeline.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of popular clips of the video are ranked in an order of popularity and the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed in the ranked order.

15. A computer for identifying a popular clip of a video, comprising:

a processor for executing computer program instructions; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising instructions executable to;

display, by a client, a user interface illustrating a video received by the client from a server;

display, in the user interface, a timeline corresponding to the video; and

display, in the timeline, at least one marker visually distinguishing an indication of an interval of the video that is a popular clip.

16. The computer of claim 15, the medium further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

display, in the user interface, a user interface element adapted to receive a vote by a user of the client designating the interval of the video that is the popular clip.

17. The computer of claim 15, wherein the video has a plurality of popular clips ranked in an order of popularity and displaying the at least one marker comprises:

displaying, in the timeline, a plurality of markers representing a subset of the plurality of popular clips of the video, the represented subset of the plurality of popular clips selected responsive to the ranked order of the plurality of popular clips.

18. The computer of claim 15, the medium further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

display, in the user interface, a thumbnail image corresponding to the popular clip of the video responsive to an indication of interest in the popular clip by a user of the client.

19. The computer of claim 15, the medium further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

display, in the user interface, a plurality of markers in the timeline, the markers respectively associated with a plurality of popular clips of the video;

simultaneously displaying, in the user interface, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to the plurality of popular clips of the video associated with the markers displayed in the timeline.

20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the plurality of popular clips of the video are ranked in an order of popularity and the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed in the ranked order.