US 8,572,490 B2Granted

Embedded video player

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsGunthar Hartwig, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Nikhil Chandhok, Christian Oestlien, Aaron Kwong Yue Lee

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Abstract

A system, method and various user interfaces provide an embedded web-based video player for navigating video playlists and playing video content. A website publisher can create and store a video player with customized parameters (e.g., player type, appearance, advertising options, etc.) and can associate the player with a playlist of selected videos. The stored video player is associated with a player ID in a player database and can be embedded in a website using an embed code referencing the player ID. A user interface for the embedded player provides controls for controlling video playback and for controlling the selection of a video from the playlist.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A method for creating a customized video player, the method comprising:

displaying by a client, a publisher interface comprising:
1) controls for selecting a playlist, the playlist comprising pointers to a plurality of videos, and
2) controls for selecting player appearance parameters for an embedded video player, the embedded video player configured to play the videos in the selected playlist, the player appearance parameters including a selection of a player type from a plurality of selectable player types, each player type having different player control layouts for viewing the videos in the selected playlist and for navigating between the videos in the selected playlist;
receiving via a user input device of the client, a selection of player parameters identifying the playlist and the appearance parameters for inclusion in the embedded video player;
transmitting the selection of player parameters to a server, wherein the server generates a player identifier associated with the received player parameters including the playlist and the appearance parameters, and stores the player identifier in association with the received player parameters;
receiving from the server, an embed code referencing the player identifier, the embed code configured such that when embedded in a web site, the embed code configures the client to load the embedded video player having an appearance specified by the player appearance parameters associated with the player identifier and the embed code configures the embedded video player to play the videos specified in the playlist associated with the player identifier;
and
displaying the generated embed code via the publisher interface of the client.

5 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer executable code for creating a customized video player, the code when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

transmitting to a client, a publisher interface comprising:
1) controls for selecting a playlist, the playlist comprising pointers to a plurality of videos, and
2) controls for selecting player appearance parameters for an embedded video player, the embedded video player configured to play the videos in the selected playlist, the player appearance parameters including a selection of a player type from a plurality of selectable player types, each player type having different player control layouts for viewing the videos in the selected playlist and for navigating between the videos in the selected playlist;
receiving from the client, player parameters identifying the playlist and the appearance parameters selected by a publisher via the publisher interface;
generating an embed code associated with the received play parameters including the playlist and the appearance parameters, the embed code configured such that when embedded in a web site, the embed code configures the client to load the embedded video player having an appearance specified by the player appearance parameters and the embed code configures the embedded video player to play the videos specified in the playlist;
and
providing the generated embed code to the client for display via the publisher interface.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/277,875Filed 20 Oct 2011 · continuation
Priority: 18 Jul 2007
Published: US 2012/0042250 A116 Feb 2012
Granted: 29 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06F 16/78
Of video data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F 16/70
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of video data
G06F
Computing and data processing

Family

Application11/779,856Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Jul 2007
US 2012/0042250 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Feb 2012
US 8,069,414 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2009/0024923 A1Published application
US 8,572,490 B2This patent

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