IP Library Patent Application 11952908
Patent Application
App. No. 11/952,908

USER INTERFACE FOR PREVIEWING VIDEO ITEMS

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App. No.
11/952,908
Abstract

Systems, methods, and user interfaces for presenting video search results are provided. Representations of video search results are presented to the user. Each representation may include a video preview of the video item. If desired, the preview may be dynamically executed in response to a user action, for instance, in response to a user hovering over a portion of the associated video representation for at least a predetermined period of time. Another embodiment in accordance with the present invention relates to a user interface for presenting video search results in response to an input query. The user interface includes a video item representation display area and a video item display area. The video item representation display area displays a representation of each of the video items, and if desired, the representation is dynamically executed in response to a user action. The video item display area may display the one or more video items.

Claims (27)

1 . One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for presenting video search results, the method comprising:

receiving a search query;

determining one or more video items relevant to the search query; and

configuring a presentation component to present a representation of each of one or more video items to a user, wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises a video preview that is dynamically executed in response to one or more user actions.

2 . The computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the video preview comprises one or more segments of the video item.

3 . The computer-readable media of claim 2 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first scene of the video item associated therewith.

4 . The computer-readable media of claim 2 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first segment of the video preview associated therewith.

5 . The computer-readable media of claim 1 , the presentation component further presents one or more control buttons in response to the one or more user actions.

6 . The computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the one or more user actions includes one of a hover over at least a portion of one of the representations of video items, a scrolling action with respect to the web page, a scrolling action with respect to one of the representations of video items associated with the web page, a selection of one of the representations of video items, a selection of a selectable portion of one of the representations of video items, and a combination thereof.

7 . The computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein only one video preview is dynamically executed.

8 . A user interface embodied on one or more computer-readable media for presenting video search results in response to an input query, the user interface comprising:

a video item representation display area that displays a representation of each of one or more video items, wherein the one or more video items are relevant to the input query and comprise a video preview, and wherein the video preview is dynamically executed within the video item representation display area in response to one or more user actions; and

a video item display area that displays the one or more video content items.

9 . The user interface of claim 8 , wherein the video preview comprises one or more segments of the video item.

10 . The user interface of claim 8 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first scene of the video item associated therewith.

11 . The user interface of claim 9 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first segment of the video preview associated therewith.

12 . The user interface of claim 8 , the video item presentation display area further comprises one or more control buttons in response to the one or more user actions.

13 . The user interface of claim 8 , wherein the one or more user actions includes one of a hover over at least a portion of one of the representations of video items, a scrolling action with respect to the web page, a scrolling action with respect to one of the representations of video items associated with the web page, a selection of one of the representations of video items, a selection of a selectable portion of one of the representations of video items, and a combination thereof.

14 . The user interface of claim 8 , wherein only one video preview is dynamically executed at a time.

15 . One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for presenting video search results, the method comprising:

receiving a search query from a user, wherein the search query produces one or more video content items relevant to the search query; and

presenting a representation of each of the one or more video items to a user in a video display area, wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises a video preview that is dynamically executed within the video display area in response to one or more user actions.

16 . The computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the video preview comprises one or more segments of the video item.

17 . The computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first scene of the video item associated therewith.

18 . The computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the representation of each of the one or more video items comprises the first segment of the video preview associated therewith.

19 . The computer-readable media of claim 15 , further comprising presenting one or more control buttons in response to the one or more user actions.

20 . The computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the one or more user actions includes one of a hover over at least a portion of one of the representations of video items, a scrolling action with respect to the web page, a scrolling action with respect to one of the representations of video items associated with the web page, a selection of one of the representations of video items, a selection of a selectable portion of one of the representations of video items, and a combination thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2015
From: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 034766/0509 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2007
From: DENNEY, JUSTIN S.; HOAD, TIMOTHY C.; WILLIAMS, HUGH E.; QIAN, RICHARD J.
To: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020222/0773 →