Browser Multimedia Plug-in for Concurrent Video Playback and Web Browsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for playing videos on mobile devices using a browser restrict users from performing other browser operations due to the video player sharing the same user interface and playing videos in full screen mode, preventing concurrent browsing and video viewing.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for displaying multimedia content in a browser that includes a multimedia display plug-in, allowing users to view multimedia content in a smaller window within the browser, enabling simultaneous browsing and video playback by receiving a webpage identifier, generating a multimedia content display request, and activating a multimedia display plug-in to display the content in a smaller window.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the video player plays the video in full screen mode, then the video playback quality is improved, but the user cannot conduct other browser operations
Solution Approach 1:
The browser window is segmented into multiple independent display regions: a multimedia display window for video playback and a webpage display region for browsing operations. This segmentation allows users to simultaneously view videos and browse webpages without interference, resolving the contradiction between video playback quality and browser operation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution transitions from a single full-screen display mode to a multi-region display architecture where the multimedia window and webpage region coexist in the same browser window. This dimensional change in display organization enables concurrent video playback and webpage browsing, maintaining both video quality and browser operability.
2Device complexity
If the video player shares the same user interface as other content on the browser, then the interface simplicity is improved, but the user cannot conduct other browser operations while viewing the video
Solution Approach 1:
The unified browser interface is segmented into distinct functional regions: the multimedia display window with its own controls and the webpage display region. This segmentation maintains interface simplicity within each region while enabling concurrent operations across regions, solving the contradiction between interface simplicity and concurrent operation capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the multimedia display window is made smaller than the browser window, then the user can browse webpages and view multimedia content simultaneously, but the multimedia content display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The multimedia display window is designed with dynamic resizing and repositioning capabilities, allowing users to adjust its size and position according to their needs. This dynamic flexibility enables users to optimize the balance between video display area and webpage browsing area, resolving the contradiction between concurrent operation capability and multimedia display area.
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AI summary
A method, terminal, cache server and system for displaying multimedia content in a browser, comprising receiving a webpage identifier in a browser window for a webpage comprising multimedia content, generating a multimedia content display request corresponding to the multimedia content, and sending the multimedia content display request to server, receiving multimedia content returned from the server, activating a multimedia display plug-in of the browser to display a multimedia display window, and displaying the received multimedia content in the multimedia display window, wherein the multimedia display window in an initial state is smaller than the browser window.