Systems and methods for providing a video playlist

• US 8,713,439 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Horowitz, Steven, BLINNIKKA, Tomi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai, Namitha
• Application Number:
  US11/611,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20080148152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,692 Days
• Field of Search: 715/719, 715/203, 715/716, 715/723, 715/724, 715/731, 715/972
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

Systems and Methods of presenting video on a display are disclosed. A video clip is displayed on a video display area. The video clip is one of a plurality of video clips in a video playlist. A playlist pane can be displayed and includes video thumbnails displayed in an order that is representative of an order of playing the video clips in the video playlist. Furthermore, one or more selectable video thumbnails can also be displayed. A drag and drop input is received from a user in order to place on the playlist pane a selected video thumbnail from the one or more selectable video thumbnails. The video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail is added in real-time to the video playlist while simultaneously continuing to play the video clip on the video display area.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

playing a video clip, via a computing device, on a video display area, wherein the video clip being displayed is one of a plurality of video clips of a video playlist;

displaying on a display of the computing device a playlist pane that includes video thumbnails displayed in an order that is representative of an order of playing the video clips in the video playlist;

displaying on the display of the computing device one or more selectable video thumbnails;

receiving, via the computing device, a drag and drop input from a user in order to place on the playlist pane a selected video thumbnail from the one or more selectable video thumbnails; and

adding, via the computing device, video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail to the video playlist in real-time, said adding comprising inserting the video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail into the video playlist, said inserting the video content of the selected video thumbnail occurs during simultaneous and continuous playback of the video clip being played on the video display area without interruption of the ongoing video playback of the video clip being played.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising playing the video clips of the video playlist in the order of play of the associated video playlist upon receiving a user play command.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading the video content from a video server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading the video content from a storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the drag and drop input includes a command to append the selected video thumbnail at the end of the thumbnail queue.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the drag and drop input includes a command to insert the selected video thumbnail in between two thumbnails of the thumbnail queue.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user input that includes a command to delete a video thumbnail previously added to the video playlist.

8. A system comprising:

a plurality of processors;

a computer display that displays one or more selectable video thumbnails on a display of a computing device;

a user interface module implemented via one of said plurality of processors configured to receive a drag and drop input form a user in order to place a selected video thumbnail from the one or more selectable video thumbnails on a playlist pane, wherein the playlist pane includes video thumbnails disposed in a thumbnail queue having an order that is representative of the order of playing the video clips in an associated video playlist; and

a video queue module implemented via one of said plurality of processors configured to add video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail to the video playlist in real-time without interrupting ongoing video playback of currently rendered video clip, wherein said adding comprises inserting the video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail into the video playlist, said inserting the video content of the selected video thumbnail occurs during simultaneous and continuous rendering of the currently rendered video clip.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a video rendering module configured to play the video clips of the video playlist in the order of play of the associated video playlist upon receiving a user play command.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a video server that stores the video content.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising a storage device that stores the video content.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the drag and drop input includes a command to place append the selected video thumbnail at the end of the thumbnail queue.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the drag and drop input includes a command to insert the selected video thumbnail in between two thumbnails of the thumbnail queue.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface is further configured to receive a command to delete a video thumbnail previously added to the video playlist.

15. A user interface visibly displayed on a display of a computing device, comprising:

a first display pane visibly displayed on the display of the computing device that displays one or more video thumbnails in a displayed order representing an order of playing the video clips in a video playlist; and

a second display pane visibly displayed on the display of the computing device that contains selectable video thumbnails, wherein at least one video thumbnail of the selectable video thumbnails can be dragged by a user to the fist display pane to alter the displayed order and the playing order of the video playlist in real time without interrupting a video clip being rendered, wherein said dragging by the user comprises inserting video content corresponding to the at least one video thumbnail into the video playlist, said inserting the video content of the at least one video thumbnail occurs during simultaneous and continuous rendering of the rendered video clip.

16. The user interface of claim 15, further comprising a third display pane configured to display a video clip corresponding to the one or more video thumbnails in the first display pane.

17. The user interface of claim 15, further comprising scrolling mechanisms that allow scrolling through the one or more video thumbnails.