Video player user interface
AssigneeFall Front Wireless NY, LLC
InventorCharles J. Kulas
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Abstract
A video playback user interface includes display of tags or other information outside of a video play area. Tags can be visually associated with items in the video by using connectors such as lines, arrows, etc. that bridge between a tag and an item. Tag and other information can be included with a video file or associated with a video file and stored as a separate file or other data structure. Users can add text or other annotations for viewing at a later time or by other users. A snapshot of a video frame during playback can be obtained and sent to an email address, web site, storage device, or other destination. The snapshot includes a video frame or portion of a frame along with added information such as tags, annotations, etc.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- displaying a video in a video play area on a display screen, wherein the display screen includes an additional area that is not used to display the video, wherein a boundary separates the video play area from the additional area;
- displaying text information at least partially in the additional area;
- and
- displaying a connector to visually associate the text information with an item in the video, wherein the connector comprises a join point that specifies a portion of the boundary through which the connector passes.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to be operatively connected to a display, the processor configured to:
- cause display of a video in a video play area on a display screen, wherein the display screen includes an additional area that is not used to display the video, wherein a boundary separates the video play area from the additional area;
- cause display of text information at least partially in the additional area;
- and
- cause display of a connector to visually associate the text information with an item in the video, wherein the connector comprises a join point that specifies a portion of the boundary through which the connector passes.
A processor-readable storage device on which are stored one or more instructions executable by a processor, the one or more instructions comprising:
- instructions to display a video in a video play area on a display screen, wherein the display screen includes an additional area that is not used to display the video, wherein a boundary separates the video play area from the additional area;
- instructions to display text information at least partially in the additional area;
- and
- instructions to display a connector to visually associate the text information with an item in the video, wherein the connector comprises a join point that specifies a portion of the boundary through which the connector passes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.