Touch gesture control of video playback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019394514-A1
Application number	US-201916550975-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Priority date	Feb 16, 2016
Publication date	Dec 26, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A video item is provided for playback at a media player executing at a user device. The media player is logically divided into multiple sections. An indication of a touch gesture made by a user with respect to a touchscreen of the user device is received. Whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a first predetermined touch gesture is determined. The first predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of a user interface (UI) that is includes in a first section of the media player. Responsive to determining the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture, the playback of the video item is moved from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time.

First claim

What is claimed:

1 . A method, comprising:
providing, by a processing device, a video item for playback at a media player executing at a user device, wherein the media player is logically divided into a plurality of sections; receiving an indication of a touch gesture made by a user with respect to a touchscreen of the user device; determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a first predetermined touch gesture among a plurality of predetermined touch gestures, wherein the first predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of a user interface (UI) comprised by a first section of the plurality of sections of the media player; and responsive to determining the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture that is within the portion of the UI comprised by the first section of the plurality of sections of the media player, moving the playback of the video item from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the playback of the video item is moved from the first point in time to the second point in time by the predetermine amount of time without additional user input to select the second point in time for the playback of the video item and irrespective of the length of the touch gesture, and wherein the predetermined amount of time for moving the playback of the video item is a same fixed time for any video items, independent of a length of the any video items, and independent of a user selection of the predetermined amount of time.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined touch gesture comprises:
determining whether a start point of the touch gesture is located within the portion of the UI comprised by the first section of the media player.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a second predetermined touch gesture among the plurality of predetermined touch gestures, wherein the second predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of the UI comprised by a second section of the plurality of sections of the media player; and responsive to determining that the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture that is within the portion of the UI comprised by the second section of the plurality of sections of the media player, rewinding the video item the predetermined amount of time.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein moving the playback of the video item from the first point in time to the second point in time by the predetermined amount of time comprises:
forwarding the video item the predetermined amount of time.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the video item is a full-frame rate video displayed at or greater than 24 frames per second.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring user input to the touchscreen of the user device for the touch gesture by scanning the touchscreen displaying the UI, the scanning to detect the touch gesture made by the user of the user device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a third predetermined touch gesture among the plurality of predetermined touch gestures, wherein the third predetermined touch gesture at least starts at an edge portion of the UI; and navigating to another video item in response to determining that the touch gesture qualifies as the third predetermined touch gesture.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the edge portion of the UI comprises an edge portion of the media player, and wherein the third predetermined touch gesture starts at the edge portion of the media player and ends within the portion of the UI comprised by the first section of the media player.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein navigating to another video item comprises:
proceeding to a next video item in response to determining that the touch gesture comprises a swipe left gesture that at least starts at a first edge portion of the UI; and proceeding to a prior video item in response to determining that the touch gesture comprises a swipe right gesture that at least starts at a second edge portion of the UI.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, responsive to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
providing, by the processing device, a video item for playback at a media player executing at a user device, wherein the media player is logically divided into a plurality of sections; receiving an indication of a touch gesture made by a user with respect to a touchscreen of the user device; determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a first predetermined touch gesture among a plurality of predetermined touch gestures, wherein the first predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of a user interface (UI) comprised by a first section of the plurality of sections of the media player; and responsive to determining the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture that is within the portion of the UI comprised by the first section of the plurality of sections of the media player, moving the playback of the video item from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the playback of the video item is moved from the first point in time to the second point in time by the predetermine amount of time without additional user input to select the second point in time for the playback of the video item and irrespective of the length of the touch gesture, and wherein the predetermined amount of time for moving the playback of the video item is a same fixed time for any video items, independent of a length of the any video items, and independent of a user selection of the predetermined amount of time.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined touch gesture comprises:
determining whether a start point of the touch gesture is located within the portion of the UI comprised by the first section of the media player.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a second predetermined touch gesture among the plurality of predetermined touch gestures, wherein the second predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of the UI comprised by a second section of the plurality of sections of the media player; and responsive to determining that the touch gesture is with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture that is within the portion of the UI comprised by the second section of the plurality of sections of the media player, rewinding the video item the predetermined amount of time.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining whether the touch gesture with

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Zvinakis Andrea
• Wilms Kurt
• Reid Bryce Gibson
• Smith Matthew Turner
• Checkley Garen

Classifications

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04N21/472

  End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} · CPC title

• H04N21/422 Primary

  Input-only peripherals {, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices}, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] {(input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104)} · CPC title

• G06F16/74

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor (end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic programme guides, H04N21/472) · CPC title

• 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