IP Library Granted Patent US 12685933
Granted Patent B2
US 12685933 · App. 18/199,064 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Live video-based interaction method and apparatus, device and storage medium

Inventors: Dongbo Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Qintong Cai (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
A63F13/497A63F13/533A63F13/86H04N21/2187H04N21/4314
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12685933
App. No.
18/199,064
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A live video-based interaction method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, related to the field of livestreaming programs. The method includes: displaying a playback interface of a live video, the playback interface used to play a live video; displaying a node indication area in the playback interface in response to a video content of the live video conforming to an event excerpting condition, the event excerpting condition used to indicate division of an event node; displaying child node information in the node indication area, the child node information used to indicate correspondence to the divided event node, triggering display of a child node of the video content; and displaying an interaction result based on an interaction operation in response to receiving the interaction operation from the node indication area.

Claims (39)

1 . A live video-based interaction method, executed by a terminal device, comprising:

displaying a playback interface for a game video;

displaying an indication area in the playback interface in response to a specified event happening in the game video, wherein the indication area disappears after a specified display duration;

displaying, in the indication area, interaction operations of a player associated with the specified event within a time window of the specified event; and

playing, in response to receiving a selection of the interaction operations by a spectator, a playback content corresponding to the selected interaction operation in a playback window, the playback window being superimposed in the playback interface which continues to display the game video.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the game video is live.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the player is a livestreamer of the game video.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the playback interface is for the spectator to watch the game video.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specified event is an achievement made by the player.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the time window is a period of time preceding the achievement being made.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the interaction operations comprises:

displaying a time sequence of the interaction operations of the player in the indication area.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the time sequence is displayed slidably.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interaction operations of the player are displayed as icons representing the interaction operations.

10 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a replay of a video segment of the game video.

11 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a game character used by the player or a timestamp of the specified event.

12 . A terminal device comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the plurality of instructions, and upon execution of the plurality of instructions, is configured to:

display, via a display, a playback interface for a game video;

display, via the display, an indication area in the playback interface in response to a specified event happening in the game video, wherein the indication area disappears after a specified display duration;

display, via the display in the indication area, interaction operations of a player associated with the specified event within a time window of the specified event; and

playing, in response to receiving a selection of the interaction operations by a spectator, a playback content corresponding to the selected interaction operation in a playback window, the playback window being superimposed in the playback interface which continues to display the game video.

13 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the game video is live.

14 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the playback interface is for the spectator to watch the game video.

15 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the specified event is an achievement made by the player.

16 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein in order to display the interaction operations, the processor, upon execution of the plurality of instructions, is configured to:

display, via the display, a time sequence of the interaction operations of the player in the indication area.

17 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the interaction operations of the player are displayed as icons representing the interaction operations.

18 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor, upon execution of the plurality of instructions, is further configured to displaying a replay of a video segment of the game video.

19 . The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor, upon execution of the plurality of instructions, is further configured to:

display a game character used by the player or a timestamp of the specified event.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions executable by a processor, wherein upon execution by the processor, the plurality of instructions is configured to cause the processor to:

display, via a display, a playback interface for a game video;

display, via the display, an indication area in the playback interface in response to a specified event happening in the game video, wherein the indication area disappears after a specified display duration;

display, via the display in the indication area, interaction operations of a player associated with the specified event within a time window of the specified event; and

playing, in response to receiving a selection of the interaction operations by a spectator, a playback content corresponding to the selected interaction operation in a playback window, the playback window being superimposed in the playback interface which continues to display the game video.