Patent ID: 9354799
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for selecting video to stream and playback using an interactive video timeline, comprising: selecting a first set of frames of video ordered based on time with at least a first time interval between each frame in the first set of frames from a first stream of video data using a network client, wherein a particular frame in the first set of frames corresponds to a first time and a frame immediately following the particular frame in the first set of frames corresponds to the first time plus the first time interval; displaying the first set of frames of video in an interactive video timeline using the network client; selecting a first frame of video from the first set of frames of video in the interactive video timeline using the network client; selecting a second set of frames of video from the first stream of video, the second set of frames including a new set of frames, different from the first set of frames, that are for display during playback within the first time interval following the first frame, wherein the second set of frames for display (i) begin from the selected first frame of video and (ii) end at, at a latest time associated with a last frame in the second set of frames, the frame in the first set of frames that immediately follows the first frame using the network client, wherein frames within the second set of frames of video are separated by a second time interval between each frame in the second set of frames that is less than the first time interval between frames in the first set of frames; and displaying the second set of frames of video in the interactive video timeline using the network client.