Activating a video based on location in screen
AssigneeAlc Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDavid McIntosh, Chris Pennello
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Abstract
Providing a method for browsing portions of videos called video previews. The video previews may be associated with a link or predefined duration of a full video, such that the video preview is generated from a portion of the full video and viewed by a user. The video previews are configured to play a series of images associated with images from the portion of the full video when the video preview is activated.
Claims20
-19. (canceled)
A method of browsing videos, the method comprising:
- receiving a video, wherein the video comprises a set of images;
- receiving, by a computing device, a frame object for displaying the video, wherein the set of images are played within the frame object when the frame object is located at a particular location on a display in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computing device;
- displaying, by the computing device, a series of frame objects in the GUI, the series including the frame object, wherein the GUI allows motion of the frame objects in the GUI;
- identifying, by the computing device, that the frame object has moved to a particular location on the display in the GUI;
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- playing, by the computing device, the video within the frame object in response to identifying that the frame object moves to a particular location on the display in the GUI.
A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that when executed control a computer system to browsing videos, the instructions comprising:
- receiving a video, wherein the video comprises a set of images;
- receiving a frame object for displaying the video, wherein the set of images are played within the frame object when the frame object is located at a particular location on a display in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing device;
- displaying a series of frame objects in the GUI, the series including the frame object, wherein the GUI allows motion of the frame objects in the GUI;
- identifying that the frame object has moved to a particular location on the display in the GUI;
- and
- playing the video within the frame object in response to identifying that the frame object moves to a particular location on the display in the GUI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.