IP Library Granted Patent US 12,198,203
Granted Patent B2
US 12,198,203 · App. 18/076,389 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

System for serving shared content on a video sharing web site

Inventor: Tawei Liao (Zurich, CH)
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
G06Q50/01G06F16/4393
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Patent No.
US 12,198,203
App. No.
18/076,389
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes receiving a plurality of videos, each of the videos include audio content and video content served by a content sharing platform via a network; determining whether a video in the plurality of videos is suitable for an audio-only mode based on whether an amount of movement in the video is below a certain threshold; and responsive to the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode, causing the video to play on a client device in the audio-only mode.

Claims (28)

1. A method comprising:

determining, by one or more processors of a server, that an amount of movement in a video is below a certain threshold;

determining, by the one or more processors, that a user is accessing the video using a mobile device;

determining, by the one or more processors, that the video is suitable for an audio-only mode based on (i) the determining that the amount of movement in the video is below the certain threshold, and (ii) the determining that the user is accessing the video using the mobile device; and

responsive to the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode, causing, by the one or more processors, the video to play on the mobile device in the audio-only mode, wherein causing the video to play on the mobile device in the audio-only mode includes the server reducing bandwidth usage by providing audio content of the video to the mobile device without providing video content of the video to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode includes determining that the video contains a presenter located in one spot.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the user is moving.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the plurality of the videos is associated with a single artist.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the plurality of the videos is associated with music from a specific genre.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode is based on analyzing a subset of the plurality of the videos.

7. A server comprising:

one or more processors;

non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server to:

determine that an amount of movement in a video is below a certain threshold;

determining that a user is accessing the video using a mobile device;

determine that the video is suitable for an audio-only mode based on (i) the determining that the amount of movement in the video is below the certain threshold, and (ii) the determining that the user is accessing the video using the mobile device; and

responsive to the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode, cause the video to play on the mobile device in the audio-only mode, wherein causing the video to play on the mobile device in the audio-only mode includes the server reducing bandwidth usage by providing audio content of the video to the mobile device without providing video content of the video to the mobile device.

8. The client device of claim 7 , wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode includes determining that the video contains a presenter located in one spot.

9. The client device of claim 7 , wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the user is moving.

10. The client device of claim 7 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the plurality of the videos is associated with a single artist.

11. The client device of claim 7 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode further includes:

determining that the plurality of the videos is associated with music from a specific genre.

12. The client device of claim 7 , wherein the video is included in a plurality of videos, and wherein the determining that the video is suitable for the audio-only mode is based on analyzing a subset of the plurality of the videos.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: LIAO, TAWEI
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 062574/0155 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 062635/0696 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 17080696 · Oct 26, 2020
Continuation 13790562 · Mar 8, 2013
Related Publication 20230098855A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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