Method and Device for Playing Video File

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295272-A1
Application number	US-201615154002-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	Nov 29, 2013
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method and device for playing a video file, and belongs to the field of Internet communication. The method includes that: a video file and interaction description file of a video to be played are acquired, the interaction description file including a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and play time; when the video file is played, the interaction description file is searched for whether there is an interactive operation command corresponding to current play time or not according to the current play time on a timeline of the video file; and if the corresponding interactive operation command is found, an interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command is executed. The device includes: an acquisition module, a play searching module and an execution module. By the disclosure, a user may feel a real scenario in the video file.

First claim

1 . A method for playing a video file, comprising:
acquiring a video file and interaction description file of a video to be played, the interaction description file comprising a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and play time; when the video file is played, searching the interaction description file for whether there is an interactive operation command corresponding to current play time or not according to the current play time on a timeline of the video file; and if the corresponding interactive operation command is found, executing an interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein executing the interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command comprises:
identifying a hardware equipment, which is configured to execute the interactive operation, according to the found interactive operation command; and driving the hardware equipment to execute the interactive operation corresponding to the interactive operation command.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the hardware equipment, which is configured to execute the interactive operation, comprises:
searching a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and a system driving interface for a corresponding system driving interface according to the found interactive operation command; and acquiring a hardware equipment identifier corresponding to the found system driving interface from a corresponding relationship between a system driving interface and a hardware equipment identifier to identify the hardware equipment corresponding to the hardware equipment identifier.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interactive operation at least comprises one of vibration, flashing, shooting, sound amplification, production of an alarm sound, blowing, water spraying, smog production, bubbling, odor production, scene layout, figure performance, sending information to a contact person in a preset program in a mobile terminal, sending information to a mobile terminal in a preset range and controlling a home network terminal to execute a preset operation.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the video file and interaction description file of the video to be played comprises:
sending a play request message to a video server, the play request message containing an identifier of the video to be played; receiving a video data package of the video to be played sent from the video server, the video data package comprising the video file and the interaction description file; and decompressing the video data package to obtain the video file and the interaction description file.

6 . A device for playing a video file, comprising:
an acquisition module, configured to acquire a video file and interaction description file of a video to be played, the interaction description file comprising a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and play time; a play searching module, configured to, when the video file is played, search the interaction description file for whether there is an interactive operation command corresponding to current play time or not according to the current play time on a timeline of the video file; and an execution module, configured to, if the corresponding interactive operation command is found, execute an interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command.

7 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the execution module comprises:
an identification unit, configured to identify a hardware equipment, which is configured to execute the interactive operation, according to the found interactive operation command; and a driving unit, configured to drive the hardware equipment to execute the interactive operation corresponding to the interactive operation command.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein the identification unit comprises:
a searching subunit, configured to search a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and a system driving interface for a corresponding system driving interface according to the found interactive operation command; and an acquisition subunit, configured to acquire a hardware equipment identifier corresponding to the found system driving interface from a corresponding relationship between a system driving interface and a hardware equipment identifier to identify the hardware equipment corresponding to the hardware equipment identifier.

9 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the interactive operation at least comprises one of vibration, flashing, shooting, sound amplification, production of an alarm sound, blowing, water spraying, smog production, bubbling, odor production, scene layout, figure performance, sending information to a contact person in a preset program in a mobile terminal, sending information to a mobile terminal in a preset range and controlling a home network terminal to execute a preset operation.

10 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the acquisition module comprises:
a sending unit, configured to send a play request message to a video server, the play request message containing an identifier of the video to be played; a receiving unit, configured to receive a video data package of the video to be played sent from the video server, the video data package comprising the video file and the interaction description file; and a decompression unit, configured to decompress the video data package to obtain the video file and the interaction description file.

11 . An equipment for playing a video file, comprising:
a device, configured to acquire a video file and interaction description file of a video to be played, the interaction description file comprising a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and play time; a device, configured to, when the video file is played, search the interaction description file for whether there is an interactive operation command corresponding to current play time or not according to the current play time on a timeline of the video file; and a device, configured to execute an interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command under the condition that corresponding interactive operation command is found.

12 . The equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the device configured to execute the interactive operation corresponding to the found interactive operation command under the condition that the found interactive operation command is found comprises:
a device, configured to identify a hardware equipment, which is configured to execute the interactive operation, according to the found interactive operation command; and a device, configured to drive the hardware equipment to execute the interactive operation corresponding to the interactive operation command.

13 . The equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the device configured to identify the hardware equipment, which is configured to execute the interactive operation, according to the found interactive operation command comprises:
a device, configured to search a corresponding relationship between an interactive operation command and a system driving interface for a corresponding system driving interface according to the found interactive operation command; and a device, configured to acquire a hardware equipment identifier corresponding to the found system driving interface from a corresponding relationship between a system driving interface and a hardware equipment identifier to iden

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Dalong

Classifications

• H04N21/47217

  for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312) · CPC title

• H04N21/8545

  for generating interactive applications · CPC title

• H04N21/8547

  involving timestamps for synchronizing content · CPC title

• H04N21/4131 Primary

  home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807) · CPC title

• H04N21/4307 Primary

  Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen · CPC title