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US 10,321,177 B2Granted
Computer system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsKurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrea Zvinakis, Matthew Turner Smith
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Abstract
A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. Automated playback and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across sessions and application launches.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- presenting, using a click-to-play mode, a first feed comprising graphical representations of a first plurality of videos during a first session, wherein the click-to-play mode is characterized by requiring a user instruction to play a respective video in the first feed before starting playback of the respective video as a user scrolls through the first feed;
- switching, by a processing device, a current playback mode to an automated playback mode from the click-to-play mode during the first session, wherein the automated playback mode is characterized by starting playback of a respective video without any user interaction as the user continues scrolling through the first feed;
- initiating a second session involving a presentation of a second feed comprising graphical representations of a second plurality of videos, and determining that the automated playback mode set during the first session has not changed;
- and
- causing, during the second session, a first video of the second plurality of videos in the second feed to begin playback without receiving a user instruction to play the first video.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processing device, coupled to the memory to:
- present, using a click-to-play mode, a first feed comprising graphical representations of a first plurality of videos during a first session, wherein the click-to-play mode is characterized by requiring a user instruction to play a respective video in the first feed before starting playback of the respective video as a user scrolls through the first feed;
- switch a current playback mode to an automated playback mode from the click-to-play mode during the first session, wherein the automated playback mode is characterized by starting playback of a respective video without any user interaction as the user continues scrolling through the first feed;
- initiate a second session involving a presentation of a second feed comprising graphical representations of a second plurality of videos, and determine that the automated playback mode set during the first session has not changed;
- and
- cause, during the second session, a first video of the second plurality of videos in the second feed to begin playback without receiving a user instruction to play the first video.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform operations comprising:
- presenting, using a click-to-play mode, a first feed comprising graphical representations of a first plurality of videos during a first session, wherein the click-to-play mode is characterized by requiring a user instruction to play a respective video in the first feed before starting playback of the respective video as a user scrolls through the first feed;
- switching a current playback mode to an automated playback mode from the click-to-play mode during the first session, wherein the automated playback mode is characterized by starting playback of a respective video without any user interaction as the user continues scrolling through the first feed;
- initiating a second session involving a presentation of a second feed comprising graphical representations of a second plurality of videos, and determining that the automated playback mode set during the first session has not changed;
- and
- causing, during the second session, a first video of the second plurality of videos in the second feed to begin playback without receiving a user instruction to play the first video.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.