Thumbnail video player for video scrubbing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016351229-A1
Application number	US-201514726110-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In various embodiments, methods and systems for providing video scrubbing based on thumbnail video players are provided. An indication to review video content on a video player is received. The video content corresponds to a thumbnail video in a playlist that supports a thumbnail video player. In particular, the playlist includes a thumbnail video variant constructively as a variant of the video content. The thumbnail video variant is referenced from the playlist to locate the thumbnail video. A video player development component supports generating, packaging, and communicating instructions for the providing the thumbnail video in a thumbnail video player. The thumbnail video is communicated for display on the thumbnail video player as continuous thumbnail video for video scrubbing the video content. It is contemplated that a selection indication associated with a portion of the thumbnail video triggers navigation to a corresponding portion in the video content in the video player.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for providing video scrubbing using thumbnail players, the method comprising:
accessing a video player package, the video player package comprising a playlist having a video content variant and a thumbnail video variant; generating a video player for video content, the video content is accessed based on the playlist having the video content variant; receiving an indication to review the video content; and generating a thumbnail video player for thumbnail video, the thumbnail video is accessed based on the playlist having the thumbnail video variant.

2 . The media of claim 1 , wherein the playlist comprises at least one video content variant associated with a video profile, at least one thumbnail video variant associated with a thumbnail video profile, and at least one thumbnail image variant associated with a thumbnail image profile.

3 . The media of claim 1 , wherein the video content variant is tagged with a first tag that designates the video content for playback on the video player and the thumbnail video player is tagged with a second that designates the thumbnail video for playback on the thumbnail video player.

4 . The media of claim 1 , wherein the thumbnail video player is implemented with an adaptive bit rate (ABR) policy that instructs the thumbnail video player to exclusively access thumbnail video variants in the playlist.

5 . The media of claim 1 , wherein the thumbnail video player generates the thumbnail video having a lower resolution and a smaller display area than the corresponding video content.

6 . The media of claim 1 , wherein the thumbnail video player generates the thumbnail video as video only.

7 . The media of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection indication of a portion of the thumbnail video; and navigating to a corresponding portion of the video content on the video player.

8 . A computer-implemented method for providing video scrubbing using thumbnail video players, the method comprising:
accessing a video player instance for video content and thumbnail video, the video player instance comprising configuration instructions for video content and thumbnail video content; and generating a video player package for the video content and the thumbnail video, the video player package comprises a playlist having a video content variant and a thumbnail video variant.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the video player package further comprises downsizing a resolution of the video content, the resolution of the video content is downsized from a first resolution to a second resolution used as a resolution of the thumbnail video, the second resolution is lower than the first resolution.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the video player package further comprises converting the video content to thumbnail video as video-only.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the video player package further comprises tagging the video content with a first tag and tagging the thumbnail video with a second tag, the first tag and the second tag designate corresponding variants for a video player and a thumbnail video player respectively.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the second tag excludes the thumbnail video from playback using the video player, the thumbnail video is constructively a variant of the video content in the playlist.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the thumbnail video corresponds to a thumbnail video player, the thumbnail video player is associated with a thumbnail adaptive bit rate (ABR) policy that instructs the thumbnail video player to exclusively access thumbnail video variants.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the playlist comprises at least one video content variant associated with a video profile, at least one thumbnail video variant associated with a thumbnail video profile, and at least one thumbnail image variant associated with a thumbnail image profile.

15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the video player instance is generated based on accessing an integrated development environment providing a software development kit for the video player instance, the integrated development environment comprises application programming interfaces for generating the video player instance.

16 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising communicating the video player package such that the thumbnail video is played back at a media device using the thumbnail video player when video scrubbing the video content.

17 . A system for providing video scrubbing using thumbnail video players, the system comprising:
a processor and a memory configured for providing computer program instructions to the processor; an video player component configured for:
accessing a video player package, the video player package comprises the playlist having a video content variant and a thumbnail video variant;
generating a video player for the video content, the video content is accessed based on the playlist;
receiving an indication to review the video content; and
generating a thumbnail video player for the thumbnail video, the thumbnail video is accessed based on the playlist.

18 . The system of claim 17 , the system further comprising:
a video player development component configured for:
accessing the video player instance for the video content and the thumbnail video;
generating the video player package for the video content and the thumbnail video, the video player package comprises the playlist having the video content variant and the thumbnail video variant; and
communicating the video player package such that the thumbnail video is played back using the thumbnail video player when video scrubbing the video content.

19 . The system of claim 17 , the system further comprising:
a video player instance component configured for:
generating a video player instance having configuration instructions for video content and thumbnail video, wherein the video player instance is generated using a software development kit that supports thumbnail video profiles used to playback thumbnail videos in a thumbnail video player; and
communicating the video player instance.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein generating the video player instance further comprises selecting at least one video content profile and at least one thumbnail video profile.

21 . The system of claim 19 , wherein a video content profile is associated with a first tag and a thumbnail video profile is associated with a second tag, wherein the first tag and the second tag designate corresponding profiles for the video player and the thumbnail video player respectively.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the video content profile or the thumbnail video profile is a record of attributes and metadata of the corresponding video.

23 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the video content profile or the thumbnail video profile comprises one of: a live thumbnail video profile or a video on demand (VOD) thumbnail video profile.

24 . The system of claim 19 , wherein generating the video player instance comprises referencing, from a video player development component, one or more of the following: a video component, a video player packager compon

Assignees

• Adobe Systems Inc

Inventors

• Liu Fang
• Huo Peiying

Classifications

• G11B27/102 Primary

  Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers (access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816) · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B27/34

  Indicating arrangements  {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} · CPC title