IP Library Granted Patent US 9,918,138
Granted Patent B2
US 9,918,138 · App. 15/183,412 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Method for controlling multimedia playing, apparatus thereof and storage medium

Inventors: Xiaoting Lan (Guangdong, CN); Yao Xu (Guangdong, CN); Pianpian Xu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
H04N21/4884H04N21/472H04N21/485H04N21/845
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Patent No.
US 9,918,138
App. No.
15/183,412
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling multimedia playing, an apparatus thereof and a storage medium are provided according to the present disclosure, which relates to the field of terminal technology. The method includes: dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into multiple subtitle segments, where each of the multiple subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag; triggering to play a selected subtitle segment of the subtitle information; obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

Claims (40)

1. A method for controlling multimedia playing, comprising:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

triggering to play a selected subtitle segment of the subtitle information;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time,

wherein triggering to play a selected subtitle segment of the subtitle information comprises:

performing a drag operation on a subtitle display interface and displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option, and wherein the displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information comprises displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option; and

triggering the skip option and determining the subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option to be the selected subtitle segment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment comprises:

parsing the subtitle information, to obtain a correspondence list of the plurality of subtitle segments of the subtitle information and time tags; and

querying for the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment according to the correspondence list, to obtain the playing start time of the selected subtitle segment.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

it is determined that a row of subtitles are the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to the row of subtitles;

it is determined that one of two adjacent rows of subtitles are the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to a blank area between the two adjacent rows of subtitles; or

it is determined that a paragraph of subtitles are the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to the paragraph of subtitles.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option in a case that the skip option is not triggered within a predetermined duration after the drag operation is finished.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the skip option is arranged on the left or right of the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

6. An apparatus for controlling multimedia playing, comprising one or more processors and a storage medium in which operation instructions are stored, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform the following steps when the operation instructions in the storage medium are executed:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

performing a drag operation on a subtitle display interface and displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option, and wherein in displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information, the one or more processors are configured to displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option;

triggering the skip option and determining the subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option to be the selected subtitle segment;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein in obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment, the one or more processors are configured to perform the following:

parsing the subtitle information, to obtain a correspondence list of the plurality of subtitle segments of the subtitle information and time tags; and

querying for the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment according to the correspondence list, to obtain the playing start time of the selected subtitle segment.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform the following:

determining a row of subtitles to be the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to the row of subtitles;

determining one of two adjacent rows of subtitles to be the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to a blank area between the two adjacent rows of subtitles; or

determining a paragraph of subtitles to be the selected subtitle segment on triggering the skip option, in a case that the subtitle alignment indicatrix corresponds to the paragraph of subtitles.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform the following:

stopping displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option in a case that the skip option is not triggered within a predetermined duration after the drag operation is finished.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the skip option is arranged on the left or right of the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium in which computer executable instructions are stored, wherein the following steps are performed when the executable instructions are executed by a computer:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

performing a drag operation on a subtitle display interface and displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option, and wherein the displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface in a process of displaying the subtitle information comprises: displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option;

triggering the skip option and determining the subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option to be the selected subtitle segment;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2016
From: LAN, XIAOTING; XU, YAO; XU, PIANPIAN
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038972/0611 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0596914 · Oct 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2015093036 · Oct 28, 2015
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