Video Widget Playback Continuity During App Backgrounding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices stop or pause video applications when they are moved to the background, disrupting the user experience by interrupting video playback.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism is implemented to seamlessly transition the current playback of a video application to a video widget when moved to the background, and vice versa, allowing continuous playback without interruption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the video application is moved to the background of the operating system, then the user can switch to other applications or check notifications, but the video playback is stopped or paused
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a widget as an intermediary component that maintains video playback when the application is backgrounded. The widget receives the video stream from the backgrounded application and continues rendering it, acting as a mediator between the application and the display system to preserve playback continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the video playback function from the application context by extracting the video rendering to a standalone widget. This segmentation allows the application to be backgrounded while the video playback continues in the independent widget component.
2Reliability
If the video application continues to play in the background, then the video playback remains uninterrupted, but the application resources are still consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the video rendering process from the backgrounded application and transfers it to a system-level widget. This extraction allows the application to release rendering resources while the widget maintains the video playback using system resources, reducing the energy consumption of the backgrounded application.
3Loss of energy
If the video playback is stopped when the application is backgrounded, then the application resources are released, but the user experience is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The widget serves as an intermediary that maintains video playback without requiring the application to remain active. This allows the application to release resources while the widget continues to provide the video output, eliminating the disruption to user experience.
4Reliability
If a widget is introduced to maintain video playback, then the video continuity is preserved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements the widget as a universal component that can handle multiple video streams and serve multiple functions (playback continuation, resource management, user interface). This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components, thereby limiting the increase in system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate transitioning a current playback of a video in a video application to a video widget when the video application is moved to a background of a multitasking operating system in which the video application is executing. The transition occurs seamlessly at a point of the current playback in the video application when the video application is moved to the background. Furthermore, upon the video application being moved to the foreground of the multitasking operating system, current playback of the video in the video widget is seamlessly transitioned to the video application.