Video frame bookmarking user interface component

1. A computer-implemented method for bookmarking a frame of media content comprising:

activating a user interface (UI) component that controls playback of the media content in a media player, wherein the UI component comprises a circular progress bar;

displaying a scaled circular keyframe within the circular progress bar, wherein the scaled circular keyframe comprises a preview of the frame of the media content located at a time within the media content that is identified by a progress marker;

accepting user input identifying the frame within the media content;

accepting user input associating the frame with a bookmark;

displaying a bookmark indicator on the circular progress bar, wherein the bookmark indicator reflects a location in the media content where the frame is located, and wherein the bookmark indicator is different from the progress marker;

accepting user input selecting the bookmark indicator; and

in response to the user input selecting the bookmark indicator, playing the media content from the frame identified by the bookmark.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the frame comprises:

pausing play of the media content in the media player; and

identifying the frame that is displayed when the media content is paused.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the bookmarking comprises:

selecting a bookmark icon that associates the bookmark with the frame.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the media player is configured to play the media content, wherein as the media content is playing, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar reflecting a progress of the playing;

the progress marker has moved to a location on the circular progress bar that is different from the location of the bookmark; and

wherein selecting the bookmark comprises selecting the bookmark on the circular progress bar.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the UI component is activated on a touch screen device; and

selecting the bookmark indicator comprises touching the bookmark indicator on the circular progress bar on a touchscreen.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

pausing playback of the media content;

determining that the pausing is located at the frame that has been bookmarked; and

providing an option to remove the bookmark.

7. A system for bookmarking a frame of media content comprising:

(a) a computer comprising a processor;

(b) a media player executing on the computer via the processor; and

(c) a user interface (UI) component that controls playback of the media content in the media player, wherein the UI component comprises:

(1) a circular progress bar;

(2) a scaled circular keyframe within the circular progress bar, wherein the scaled circular keyframe comprises a preview of the frame of the media content located at a time within the media content that is identified by a progress marker;

(3) a bookmark indicator that is displayed on the circular progress bar, wherein the bookmark indicator reflects a location in the media content where the frame is located, and wherein the frame is identified by a user, and wherein the bookmark indicator is different from the progress marker; and

(4) a UI feature for:

(i) accepting user input identifying the frame within the media content;

(ii) accepting user input associating the frame with a bookmark;

(iii) accepting user input selecting the bookmark indicator; and

(iv) in response to the user input selecting the bookmark indicator, playing the media content from the frame identified by the bookmark indicator.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the identifying the frame comprises:

pausing play of the media content in the media player; and

identifying the frame that is displayed when the media content is paused.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the UI feature for associating the frame with a bookmark comprises:

a bookmark icon that is selected and that associates the bookmark with the frame.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the media player plays the media content;

as the media content is playing, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar reflecting a progress of the media content being played;

the progress marker has moved to a location on the circular progress bar that is different from the location of the bookmark; and

selecting the bookmark comprises selecting the bookmark indicator on the circular progress bar.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the UI component is activated on a touchscreen device;

selecting the bookmark indicator comprises touching the touchscreen device on the bookmark indicator on the circular progress bar; and

the selecting causes the playing of the media content from the frame identified by the bookmark indicator.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the UI component:

pauses playback of the media content;

determines that the pause occurs at the frame that has been bookmarked; and

provides an option to remove the bookmark.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions which when accessed by a computer cause the computer to load the program instructions to a memory therein creating a special purpose data structure causing the computer to operate as a specially programmed computer, executing a method of bookmarking a frame of media content, comprising:

activating, in the specially programmed computer, a user interface (UI) component that controls playback of the media content in a media player, wherein the UI component comprises a circular progress bar;

displaying a scaled circular keyframe within the circular progress bar, wherein the scaled circular keyframe comprises a preview of the frame of the media content located at a time within the media content that is identified by a progress marker;

accepting user input identifying, in the specially programmed computer, the frame within the media content;

accepting user input associating, in the specially programmed computer, the frame with a bookmark;

displaying, via the specially programmed computer, a bookmark on the circular progress bar, wherein the bookmark reflects a location in the media content where the frame is located, and wherein the bookmark indicator is different from the progress marker;

accepting user input selecting, in the specially programmed computer, the bookmark; and

in response to the user input selecting the bookmark indicator, playing, in the specially programmed computer, the media content from the frame identified by the bookmark.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the identifying the frame comprises:

pausing play of the media content in the media player; and

identifying the frame that is displayed when the media content is paused.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the associating comprises:

selecting a bookmark icon that associates the bookmark with the frame.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein displaying the bookmark comprises:

displaying a graphic indicator coincident with the circular progress bar.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the media player is configured to play the media content, wherein as the media content is playing, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar reflecting a progress of the playing;

the progress marker has moved to a location on the circular progress bar that is different from the location of the bookmark; and

wherein selecting the bookmark comprises selecting the bookmark on the circular progress bar.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the media content user interface control is activated on a touch screen device; and

selecting the bookmark comprises touching the touch screen device on the bookmark.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:

pausing playback of the media content;

determining that the pausing is located at the frame that has been bookmarked; and

providing an option to remove the bookmark.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein as the progress marker is moved within a defined threshold range of the bookmark indicator, the progress marker snaps to the frame that is bookmarked.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein interaction with the circular progress bar is consistent with a user's thumb's natural rotational angle.

22. The system of claim 7 , wherein as the progress marker is moved within a defined threshold range of the bookmark indicator, the progress marker snaps to the frame that is bookmarked.

23. The system of claim 7 , wherein interaction with the circular progress bar is consistent with a user's thumb's natural rotational angle.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein as the progress marker is moved within a defined threshold range of the bookmark indicator, the progress marker snaps to the frame that is bookmarked.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein interaction with the circular progress bar is consistent with a user's thumb's natural rotational angle.