Patent ID: 8677242

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying a timeline in a marker region of a user interface for a video application, the timeline including a plurality of timeline markers that each specify an interval of the timeline; detecting positioning of at least one additional timeline marker to specify an additional interval of the timeline, the at least one additional timeline marker defining an overlap of the additional interval with an interval of at least one of the plurality of timeline markers in the timeline; and responsive to the detecting, automatically expanding the marker region to include first and second parallel tracks of the timeline separately and simultaneously in the user interface, the first and second parallel tracks having matching start and end points on the timeline, the first said track including the at least one of the plurality of timeline markers or the at least one additional timeline marker, the second said track including the other of the at least one additional timeline marker or the at least one of the plurality of timeline markers that are subject to the overlap.