In-page full screen internet video method
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsTristan D. Amzallag, Maria C. Klink, Christopher B. Young
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Abstract
A method is provided for playing a video clip on a computer monitor in a full screen mode. Activation of a link to the video clip on a web page results in the video clip being played automatically in full screen mode on the computer monitor. Upon the video clip ending, the full screen mode ends and returns the display to the previous view of the web page. The full screen mode plays the video clip with integrated with a transparent video control panel that has controls to enable user control of the playing of the video clip.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- accessing a video clip;
- generating control indicators for playback of the video clip;
- merging, by a computer, the video clip and the control indicators together into a merged video for display in a first webpage;
- and
- generating a script for inclusion in contents of a second webpage that differs from the first webpage;
- wherein the script is configured to launch the merged video in a full screen display mode;
- wherein the control indicators are shown during the playback of the merged video in the full screen display mode;
- wherein data for the first webpage comprises instructions to load contents of the second webpage into a portion of the first webpage, with the contents of the second webpage loaded being hidden from display in the first webpage.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- accessing a video clip;
- generating control indicators for playback of the video clip;
- merging, by a computer, the video clip and the control indicators together into a merged video for display in a first webpage;
- and
- generating a script for inclusion in contents of a second webpage that differs from the first webpage;
- wherein the script is configured to launch the merged video in a full screen display mode;
- wherein the control indicators are shown during the playback of the merged video in the full screen display mode;
- wherein data for the first webpage comprises instructions to load contents of the second webpage into a portion of the first webpage, with the contents of the second webpage loaded being hidden from display in the first webpage.
One or more computer-readable media configured to store instructions that are executable by one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- accessing a video clip;
- generating control indicators for playback of the video clip;
- merging, by a computer, the video clip and the control indicators together into a merged video for display in a first webpage;
- and
- generating a script for inclusion in contents of a second webpage that differs from the first webpage;
- wherein the script is configured to launch the merged video in a full screen display mode;
- wherein the control indicators are shown during the playback of the merged video in the full screen display mode;
- wherein data for the first webpage comprises instructions to load contents of the second webpage into a portion of the first webpage, with the contents of the second webpage loaded being hidden from display in the first webpage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.