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US 8,544,044 B2Granted
Up next video guide for TV video player
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsSteven Friedlander, Seth Hill, Hyehoon Yi
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Abstract
An Internet TV shows which video clip in an Internet-provided playlist of multiple clips is “up next” for play.
Claims12
A TV system comprising:
- a TV;
- a TV processor in the TV;
- a TV display associated with the TV and configured for communicating with the TV processor;
- an Internet adapter configured for communicating with the TV using at least a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) communication path, the Internet adapter configured to receive signals from the Internet;
- an adapter processor in the adapter;
- the TV processor and/or the adapter processor configured for causing an indication of a video clip in an Internet-provided playlist of multiple clips is “up next” for play, wherein the processor scans video header information in the playlist for title fields, the processor determining, responsive to detecting with two or more title fields in the video header information of the playlist, that the playlist is a playlist and that names of clips in the playlist are indicated by respective title fields in the video header information of the playlist.
3 more elements
A video display device (VDD) comprising:
- a processor;
- a configured for communicating with the processor, wherein an Internet adapter configured for communicating with the processor using at least a communication path can receive a playlist of multiple video clips from the Internet, a playlist being characterized by having multiple video clips, and provide the playlist to the processor;
- the processor being configured to access a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions to configure the processor for causing a first video clip in the playlist to be displayed on the display along with a title of a second clip in the playlist, wherein the processor when accessing the instructions is configured to present on the display plural thumbnails each representing a single asset, an asset represented by a first thumbnail being a single video stream, an asset represented by a second thumbnail being a playlist including two or more video clips associated with one playlist title, with the two or more video clips appearing as one entity, a thumbnail being selectable by a user to cause the respective asset to be played on the display, wherein the processor when accessing the instructions is configured to scan video header information in the playlist for title fields, the processor when accessing the instructions being configured for determining, responsive to detecting with two or more title fields in the video header information of the playlist, that the playlist is a playlist and that names of clips in the playlist are indicated by respective title fields in the video header information of the playlist.
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