Dynamic resizable media item player

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11614859-B2
Application number	US-202117222992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2021
Priority date	Aug 12, 2013
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

Described herein is a method for managing media item playback. A method includes presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) provided by a first application on a screen of a user device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item from a first post of a plurality of posts of the first application. The method also includes relocating the media player to a second portion of the UI while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player, and receiving a user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first application on the screen of the user device, the plurality of posts comprising a second post having a second media item. The method further includes upon receiving the user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first application, allowing a user to view the second media item in the second post while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player, receiving a user request to perform an activity that is enabled by a second application and is independent of the viewing of the first media item or the second media item, and continuing to provide playback of the first media item in the relocated media player while content associated with the requested activity is being presented to the user on the screen of the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) provided by a first mobile application of a content sharing platform on a screen of a user device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item from a first post of a plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, wherein the mobile application is running on the user device, is a different application than a web browser, and allows the media player to move on the screen of the user device;
relocating the media player to a second portion of the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, wherein the second portion is a predetermined portion of the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
receiving a user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform on the screen of the user device, the plurality of posts comprising a second post having a second media item, the user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform being received while the relocated media player continues to provide playback of the first media item in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
upon receiving the user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, allowing a user to view the second media item in the second post while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
receiving, via a third portion of the UI, a user input indicating a request to perform an activity that is enabled by a second application and is independent of the viewing of the first media item or the second media item; and
causing playback of the first media item from the first post of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform to be continued in the relocated media player while content associated with the requested activity enabled by the second application is being presented to the user on the screen of the user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mobile application is any of a social network application or a content sharing application, and the second application is any one of a messaging application, an email application, a calendar application or a map navigation application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relocated media player appears to float on top of the content associated with the requested activity, the content associated with the requested activity being provided by the second application.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user input selecting the second media item in the second post, and
responsive to the user selection, adding the second media item to a playlist.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first portion of the UI comprises a transport control to receive a user request to advance to a next media item in the playlist.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the playlist comprises at least two different types of media items.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the UI comprises an activity feed including the second post having the second media item.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the UI comprises a media channel to which the user has subscribed, the media channel comprising the second post having the second media item.

9. An apparatus comprising:
a display device;
a memory communicably coupled to the display device; and
a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to perform operations comprising:
presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) provided by a first mobile application of a content sharing platform on a screen of a user device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item from a first post of a plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, wherein the mobile application is running on the user device, is a different application than a web browser, and allows the media player to move on the screen of the user device;
relocating the media player to a second portion of the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, wherein the second portion is a predetermined portion of the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
receiving a user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform on the screen of the user device, the plurality of posts comprising a second post having a second media item, the user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform being received while the relocated media player continues to provide playback of the first media item in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
upon receiving the user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform, allowing a user to view the second media item in the second post while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player in the UI provided by the first mobile application of the content sharing platform;
receiving, via a third portion of the UI, a user input indicating a request to perform an activity that is enabled by a second application and is independent of the viewing of the first media item or the second media item; and
causing playback of the first media item from the first post of the first mobile application of the content sharing platform to be continued in the relocated media player while content associated with the requested activity enabled by the second application is being presented to the user on the screen of the user device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first mobile application is any of a social network application or a content sharing application, and the second application is any one of a messaging application, an email application, a calendar application or a map navigation application.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the relocated media player appears to float on top of the content associated with the requested activity, the content associated with the requested activity being provided by the second application.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
receiving a user input selecting the second media item in the second post, and
responsive to the user selection, adding the second media item to a playlist.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first portion of the UI comprises a transport control to receive a user request to advance to a next media item in the playlist.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the playlist comprises at least two different types of media items.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second portion of the UI comprises an activity feed including the second post having the second media item.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Darby Matthew Thomas
• Curry Clifford
• Reid Bryce Gibson
• Doronichev Andrey
• Janich Andrew
• Joyce Alan
• Ko Taeho
• Lewis Justin
• Greene Kevin

Classifications

• G06Q30/0277 Primary

  Online advertisement · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• H04L65/60

  Network streaming of media packets · CPC title