Multimedia Playlist Page Jump Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face significant time delays when navigating through long multimedia playlists to return to the currently playing item, negatively impacting user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that allow the page display location to jump directly to the currently playing multimedia item in a playlist upon user request, utilizing a location jump button and tagging mechanism to quickly identify and display the correct position within the playlist.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If users manually flip through the multimedia playlist to find the currently playing item, then they can locate the playing item, but it takes too much time and affects user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime to locate currently playing itemVSAvoiduser operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically marking the currently playing multimedia item with a special indicator before the user needs to find it. This advance preparation eliminates the need for users to manually search through the playlist, directly reducing the time loss and operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

A location jump button serves as an intermediary element between the user and the currently playing item. When activated, this button directly navigates the user to the playing item's position in the playlist, avoiding manual flipping and significantly reducing both time and operational steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If a location jump button is added to enable quick navigation, then user experience is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigation convenienceVSAvoidinterface element quantity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The location jump button is integrated into the existing playback control interface and serves multiple functions: it acts as both a navigation button and a status indicator. This multi-functionality approach improves ease of operation while minimizing the increase in device complexity by reusing existing interface elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically manages the location jump button's state and functionality based on the current playback status. The button self-updates to reflect the currently playing item's position and automatically executes the jump function when activated, reducing the need for complex user interactions and minimizing interface complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11693531B2Page display position jump method and apparatus, terminal device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.07.04 DOUYIN VISION CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for jumping a page display location, a terminal device and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a multimedia playlist on a page, the multimedia playlist including multiple multimedia items; initiating to play the multimedia items in the multimedia playlist according to a preset playing trigger condition; acquiring a location jump request; determining a currently playing multimedia item in the multimedia playlist, wherein the currently playing multimedia item is one multimedia item in the multimedia playlist; and jumping the page display location to a location of the currently playing multimedia item in the multimedia playlist. The embodiments of the present disclosure enable the page quickly jump to the location of the currently playing multimedia item when the user views the multimedia information, thereby improving the user experience.