Video Picker Interface for Faster Short Video Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users struggle to quickly and accurately find specific short videos in a list due to default icons lacking sufficient effective information, leading to inefficient searching.
Innovation Solution
A video searching method and apparatus that displays a picker viewer on the video list interface, showing relevant text of videos, allowing users to select target videos based on text content, and transitions to the playing interface upon selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If video covers are displayed as default icons during page loading, then the interface can be quickly rendered, but users cannot see effective video information making search inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading video cover images in the background during page initialization, so that when the user views the video list, the covers are already available for display. This allows the interface to be quickly rendered while still showing effective video information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the system displays a loading indicator or placeholder that mediates between the need for quick rendering and the need to show video information. This intermediary element communicates the loading state to users while the actual video covers are being prepared.
2Device complexity
If users scroll through video list page to find specific videos, then no additional interface is needed, but the searching process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video search function into two distinct modes: a visual browsing mode (video list page) and a text-based search mode (picker viewer). This segmentation allows users to choose the most efficient method for their specific need, reducing overall search time while maintaining interface simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the search interface by introducing the picker viewer that displays video titles and information in a list format alongside the visual grid. This dimensional addition provides a new search pathway without replacing the original interface, enabling faster text-based searching.
3Ease of operation
If video covers are displayed in grid list format, then visual browsing is enabled, but text-based search capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges two different display formats (visual grid list and text-based picker viewer) into a unified search system. Users can switch between or combine both methods, benefiting from the visual ease of the grid layout while also having access to the precise text-based search capability of the picker viewer.
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AI summary
A video searching method includes: displaying a video list interface showing video covers of at least two videos, the video covers each including a cover graph or a cover icon; displaying a picker viewer on the video list interface in response to a search trigger operation, list options of the at least two videos being displayed on the picker viewer, and the list options being used for displaying relevant text of videos corresponding to the list options; and displaying a playing interface of a first video corresponding to a first list option in response to a selection operation on the first list option in the list options of the at least two videos.