CN111654730B

CN111654730B - Video playing method, data processing method, related device and medium

Info

Publication number: CN111654730B
Application number: CN202010510413.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孟庆春; 刘里
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Yayue Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-05
Filing date: 2020-06-05
Publication date: 2021-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-05
Also published as: CN111654730A

Abstract

The application discloses a video playing method, a data processing method, related equipment and a medium; the video playing method comprises the following steps: acquiring film watching data of a first account generated by playing an interactive video by a first terminal; the film watching data are used for indicating a target branching scenario video played by the first terminal in the interactive video; displaying a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of the second terminal according to the plot branch information and the film watching data of the interactive video; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with a target branching plot video is in an unlocked state; and when the target map element is triggered, playing the target branching storyline video in a playing interface of the second terminal. The method and the device can effectively improve the video playing efficiency and meet the playing requirement of the user for conveniently and quickly playing the branch scenario video.

Description

Video playing method, data processing method, related device and medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of internet technologies, and in particular, to the field of image processing technologies, and in particular, to a video playing method, a data processing method, a video playing apparatus, a data processing apparatus, a terminal, and a computer storage medium.

Background

The interactive video is a video which comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos and can provide interactive capability. In the process of watching the interactive video, a user can execute selection operation on a video playing option corresponding to the currently played branching scenario video so as to trigger the terminal to determine the next branching scenario video to be played according to the selection operation of the user; therefore, the development of the scenario is influenced, and the effect that the user self-defines and watches the video of the branch scenario is achieved. Therefore, for interactive videos, with the difference of video playing options selected by a user, the branching scenarios obtained by unlocking the terminal are different; the user can execute different selection combination operations on the video playing options corresponding to the branch scenario videos, and the terminal is triggered to unlock different branch scenarios, and the scenario ending of each branch scenario is possibly different when the terminal reaches the tail part of each branch scenario.

At present, when a user wants to watch a branching scenario video a unlocked by another user, the user is usually required to inquire about selection combination operations executed by the other users for video playing options corresponding to the branching scenario videos, and from a first branching scenario video, the user manually executes corresponding selection operations on the video playing options corresponding to the branching scenario videos in sequence according to the selection combination operations of the other users, so as to trigger a terminal to unlock and play the branching scenario video a. Therefore, the video playing efficiency of the existing video playing method is low, and the playing requirement of a user for conveniently and quickly playing the branching scenario video cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a video playing method, a data processing method, a related device and a medium, which can effectively improve video playing efficiency and meet the playing requirement of a user for conveniently and quickly playing a branching scenario video.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a video playing method, where the video playing method is executed by a second terminal, and the video playing method includes:

acquiring film watching data of a first account generated by playing an interactive video by a first terminal; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

displaying a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branch information and the film watching data of the interactive video; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state;

and when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered, playing a target branching scenario video in a playing interface of the second terminal.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data processing method, where the data processing method is executed by a first terminal, and the data processing method includes:

acquiring a data transmission instruction for an interactive video, wherein the data transmission instruction is used for instructing a first account to transmit viewing data of the interactive video to a second account; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

determining a second terminal associated with the second account;

and transmitting the film watching data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal executes the video playing method according to the film watching data.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a video playing apparatus, where the video playing apparatus operates in a second terminal, and the video playing apparatus includes:

the processing unit is used for acquiring the film watching data of a first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

the display unit is used for displaying a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state;

and the playing unit is used for playing the target branching scenario video in the playing interface of the second terminal when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data processing apparatus, where the data processing apparatus is run on a first terminal, and the data processing apparatus includes:

the system comprises an acquisition unit, a storage unit and a display unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a data transmission instruction aiming at an interactive video, and the data transmission instruction is used for indicating that viewing data of a first account related to the interactive video is transmitted to a second account; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

the processing unit is used for determining a second terminal associated with the second account;

and the transmission unit is used for transmitting the film watching data to the second terminal so that the second terminal executes the video playing method according to the film watching data.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal may be the first terminal mentioned above, or may be the second terminal mentioned above; the terminal comprises an input device and an output device, and the terminal further comprises:

a processor adapted to implement one or more instructions; and, a computer storage medium;

if the terminal is the first terminal mentioned above, the computer storage medium stores one or more first instructions, and the one or more first instructions are suitable for being loaded by the processor and executing the following steps:

determining a second terminal associated with the second account;

If the terminal is the second terminal mentioned above, the computer storage medium stores one or more second instructions, and the one or more second instructions are suitable for being loaded by the processor and executing the following steps:

In still another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, where one or more first instructions are stored, where the one or more first instructions are adapted to be loaded by a processor and execute the data processing method on the first terminal side; alternatively, the computer storage medium stores one or more second instructions, and the one or more second instructions are suitable for being loaded by the processor and executing the video playing method on the second terminal side.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the second terminal can display the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video on the user interface of the second terminal according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video by acquiring the view data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal. The scenario branching map comprises at least one scenario line, each scenario line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching scenario video, and a target map element associated with the target branching scenario video is in an unlocked state. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can automatically unlock the target branching scenario video for the second user indicated by the second account by copying the film watching data of the first account, so that the target branching scenario video can be directly played in the playing interface of the second terminal when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered; the second user is not required to manually unlock the target branching storyline video according to the selection combination operation of the first user indicated by the first account, and the video playing efficiency can be improved. In addition, the plot branch map is displayed on the user interface of the second terminal, so that the second user can conveniently select the target branch plot video, the video playing convenience is improved, and the playing requirement of the user for conveniently and quickly playing the branch plot video is met.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1a is a schematic structural diagram of a video playing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1b is a schematic view of a playing interface of an interactive video according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1c is a schematic diagram illustrating transmission of viewing data according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1d is a schematic diagram illustrating a display of a scenario branch map according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1e is a schematic diagram illustrating video playing based on a scenario branch map according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a data processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram of an index trigger component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3b is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of an index trigger component;

fig. 3c is a schematic diagram of a scenario branch map rendered by a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3d is a schematic diagram of an output information prompt window after the index trigger component is triggered according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3e is a schematic diagram illustrating an application interface of a social client is switched to an application interface of a social client after a shortcut portal is triggered according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3f is a schematic diagram of an output account selection window after a data transfer component is triggered according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3g is a schematic diagram of sending a notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram of an output of an information input window according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram of an output of another information input window provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5c is a schematic diagram illustrating an input of index information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5d is a schematic diagram of a scenario branch map rendered by a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5e is a schematic diagram of another second terminal rendering a plot branch map according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5f is a schematic diagram of a display of a matching image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5g is a schematic diagram illustrating an interactive decision value according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5h is a schematic diagram illustrating a display of an invalid target video branch option according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6a is a schematic diagram illustrating a data reading and writing principle adopted by a server for interactive video according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6b is a flowchart illustrating a video playing method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

With the research and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Computer Vision (CV) has also been developed as an important research direction in Artificial Intelligence technology. Artificial intelligence refers to a theory, method, technique and application system that simulates, extends and expands human intelligence, senses the environment, acquires knowledge and uses the knowledge to obtain the best result by using a digital computer or a machine controlled by a digital computer. Computer vision technology is a science for studying how to make a machine look; furthermore, computer vision means that a camera and a computer are used to replace human eyes to perform machine vision such as identification, tracking and measurement on a target, and further image processing is performed, so that the computer processing becomes an image more suitable for human eyes to observe or is transmitted to an instrument to detect. As a scientific discipline, computer vision research-related theories and techniques attempt to build artificial intelligence systems that can capture information from images or multidimensional data. The computer vision technology generally includes image processing, image recognition, image semantic understanding, image retrieval, video processing, video semantic understanding, video content/behavior recognition, three-dimensional object reconstruction, 3D technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, synchronous positioning, map construction and other technologies, and also includes common biometric identification technologies such as face recognition and fingerprint recognition.

The embodiment of the invention mainly relates to a video processing technology in a computer vision technology, and provides a video playing system based on the video processing technology; referring to fig. 1a, the video playing system at least comprises: a first terminal 11, a second terminal 12, a server 13 and a network 14. The first terminal 11 and the second terminal 12 are both arbitrary terminals having a video playing function; it may specifically include, but is not limited to: smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, desktop computers, smart televisions, and the like. One or more clients, such as a video client, a social client, a browser client, an educational client, etc., may be run within each of first terminal 11 and second terminal 12. The communication between any terminal (e.g., the first terminal 11, the second terminal 12) and the server 13 can be implemented by any communication method, such as mobile communication based on the third Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), or computer network communication based on the TCP/IP Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Protocol, and so on. The server 13 may be an independent physical server, a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers, a cloud server providing basic cloud computing services such as a cloud service, a cloud database, cloud computing, a cloud function, cloud storage, a web service, cloud communication, a middleware service, a domain name service, a security service, a CDN (Content Delivery Network), a big data and artificial intelligence platform, and the like.

It should be understood that fig. 1a merely illustrates an architecture of a video playing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the specific architecture of the video playing system. For example, only 2 terminals (i.e., the first terminal 11 and the second terminal 12) are shown in fig. 1a, but in other embodiments, the number of terminals included in the video playing system may not be limited to 2, and so on. For another example, in other embodiments, the video playing system may not include the server 13, but include a removable hardware medium with read-write function, such as a Universal Serial Bus (usb disk), a removable hard disk, and the like; in this case, data transmission between the first terminal 11 and the second terminal 12 can be performed through the removable hardware medium. As another example, in other embodiments, the video playing system may only include the first terminal 11 and the second terminal 12; in this case, data transmission between the first terminal 11 and the second terminal 12 may be directly performed by a Near Field Communication (NFC) technology such as bluetooth or Near Field Communication (NFC).

Based on the video playing system, the embodiment of the invention provides a video playing scheme to better realize the playing of the interactive video for the user. The interactive video is a video which comprises a plurality of branch storyline videos and can provide interactive capability; each branching storyline video can comprise one or more interactive nodes, and the interactive nodes are nodes which restrict the display time and the display period of certain interactive components in the playing process of the interactive video. The interactive component is a front-end element which can be displayed in a user interface and can accept operations of clicking, sliding, long pressing and the like of a user; which may include, but are not limited to: a video branch option for selecting a next branch storyline video (as shown in fig. 1 b), a character operating component for interacting with a character in the storyline video, a view switching component for switching a viewing view, and so on. The interactive components can facilitate the user to execute the selection operation of the branching scenario video, the switching operation of multiple visual angles, the role control operation of continuous clicking, sliding and long pressing and other man-machine interaction operations in the process of watching the interactive video. These operations may affect the V-value of the user with respect to the interactive video, so-called V-value may also be referred to as interactive decision value; specifically, the value is used for representing a certain selection tendency of the user or a viewing achievement achieved by viewing the branching storyline video in the interactive video, and the value can be used for influencing task judgment, achievement ranking, user tendency representation and the like of the user in the interactive video.

In a specific implementation, the above mentioned video playing scheme may roughly include two parts, namely a data processing part and a video playing part; the method steps involved in the data processing part can be executed by a first terminal in the video playing system or a client (e.g., a video client) running in the first terminal, and the method steps involved in the video playing part can be executed by a second terminal in the video playing system or a client (e.g., a video client) running in the second terminal. For convenience of explanation, the following explains the general principle of the video playing scheme by taking the method steps of the first terminal side executing the data processing part and the method steps of the second terminal executing the video playing part as examples:

a data processing section:

during the process that the first user uses the first account to watch the interactive video, corresponding interactive operations are generally executed on interactive components at interactive nodes in the branching scenario video, such as selection operations on video branching options, pressing operations on character operation components, and the like. These interactive operations may trigger the first terminal to record viewing information of the first account with respect to the interactive video, where the viewing information may include, but is not limited to: the first account is used for historical viewing information of the interactive video, historical operation information of interactive components at interactive nodes of the played branching scenario video, and the like. When a requirement that a first user wants to actively share the viewing information of a first account to a second account exists, or a requirement that a second user indicated by the second account wants to use the viewing information of the first account to continuously view an interactive video exists, a first terminal can abstractly define each piece of information in the viewing information of the first account to be a specific numerical value to obtain the viewing data of the first account; the viewing data may then be sent to a second terminal corresponding to the second account via the server and the network, as shown in fig. 1 c. Similarly, the first terminal can also record other information such as achievement data of the first account related to the interactive video; the achievement data herein refers to data for reflecting a V value (i.e., an interaction decision value) of the first account with respect to the interactive video. And the achievement data of the first account can be defined as a concrete interactive decision value in an abstract way, and then the interactive decision value is sent to the second terminal through the server and the network.

It should be understood that the first and second account numbers mentioned above are two different account numbers; however, the first user indicated by the first account and the second user indicated by the second account may be the same user or different users, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. Wherein, the first account number may include but is not limited to: a user account (e.g., an instant messaging account, a mobile phone number, etc.) of a client (e.g., a video client) logged in the first terminal, a web account of a login web page (e.g., a browser web page, an HTML5 web page), or a device identification number of the first terminal, etc. Specifically, if a first user uses a client in a first terminal to watch an interactive video and logs in a user account in the client, the first account may be the user account of the client in the first terminal; if the first user uses the webpage to watch the interactive video and logs in a webpage account in the webpage, the first account can be the webpage account for logging in the webpage; if the first user uses the client or the webpage to watch the interactive video but does not log in any account, the first account can be the equipment identification number of the first terminal. Similarly, the second account number may include, but is not limited to: a user account for logging in to a client (e.g., a video client) in the second terminal, a web account for logging in to a browser web page, or a device identification number of the second terminal, etc.

It should be noted that, in the data processing process, the first terminal may also send the viewing information of the first account to the server; and the server abstractly defines each piece of information in the viewing information of the first account into a specific numerical value to obtain the viewing data of the first account, and transmits the viewing data of the first account to a second terminal corresponding to a second account. Similarly, the first terminal may also send the achievement data of the first account to the server, and the achievement data of the first account is abstractly defined as a specific interaction decision value, and then the interaction decision value is sent to the second terminal.

(II) a video playing part:

after receiving the film watching data of the first account sent by the first terminal, the second terminal can take the film watching data as the film watching data of the second account and can play interactive videos for a second user based on the film watching data; therefore, the second user can continue to watch the film and execute interactive operation based on the film watching data, and personalized data belonging to the second account is generated. Specifically, the second terminal may display a plot branch map of the second account with respect to the interactive video on a user interface of the second terminal according to the viewing data and the plot branch information of the interactive video. The scenario branch information of the interactive video may include, but is not limited to: the number of plot lines of the interactive videos, the video identification of the branch plot videos associated with each plot line, and the relation between the branch plot videos associated with each plot line. The scenario line is a connecting line for representing the jumping relationship between two adjacent branch scenario videos in the same branch scenario; by video identification is meant data for uniquely identifying branching storyline videos, which may include, but is not limited to: video sequence number (i.e., video id (identity document)), cover image corresponding to branching scenario video, and so on. As shown in fig. 1d, the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video may include a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one plot video, and the map elements corresponding to the plot videos with a forward-backward skip relationship are connected by plot lines; and, in the scenario branch map, the map elements corresponding to the respective branch scenario videos that have been played by the first terminal are in an unlocked state, as shown by the white map elements shown in fig. 1 d.

After the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video is displayed, the second user may perform a trigger operation (such as a click operation, a press operation, and the like) on any map element in the plot branch map in the unlocked state; correspondingly, if the second terminal detects that any map element in the unlocked state is triggered, the branch storyline video associated with the triggered map element can be played in a playing interface of the second terminal, as shown in fig. 1 e. Optionally, if the second terminal further receives the interaction decision value sent by the first terminal, the interaction decision value may also be used as an interaction decision value of the second account with respect to the interaction video, and the second user may perform processing such as task judgment, achievement ranking, user tendency representation and the like according to the interaction decision value.

Therefore, the content of the data processing part in the video playing scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention can be abstractly defined by the viewing information and achievement data of the first account, so that the viewing information and the achievement data of the first account can be transmitted to the second account, and the problem of data inheritance between the first account and the second account is solved. The second terminal can automatically unlock each branch scenario video played by the first terminal for the second account by copying the film watching data of the first account, and the second user does not need to manually unlock the branch scenario videos according to the selection combination operation of the first user indicated by the first account, so that the video playing efficiency can be improved. In addition, the plot branch map is displayed on the user interface of the second terminal, so that the second user can conveniently select the video, the video playing convenience is improved, and the playing requirement of the user for conveniently and rapidly playing the branch plot video is met.

Based on the related description of the data processing part in the video playing scheme, the embodiment of the invention provides a data processing method; the data processing method may be executed by the first terminal mentioned above, or by both the first terminal and the server. For convenience of illustration, the embodiment of the present invention mainly takes the first terminal executing the data processing method as an example for description; referring to fig. 2, the data processing method may include the following steps S201 to S203:

s201, acquiring a data transmission instruction aiming at the interactive video.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the interactive data may include a plurality of branching storyline videos. And the data transmission instruction for the interactive video is used for instructing the first account to transmit the viewing data of the interactive video to the second account. The video watching data are used for indicating a target branching storyline video played by the first terminal in the interactive video; it should be understood that the number of the branching storyline videos that have been played by the first terminal in the interactive video may be one or more; when the number of the branching storyline videos played by the first terminal is multiple, the target branching storyline video may be any one of the multiple branching storyline videos played by the first terminal; and in this case, the viewing data may also be used to indicate other branching scenario videos than the target branching scenario video, which have been played by the first terminal, in the interactive video.

In one specific implementation, when the first terminal acquires the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, the step S201 may include the following steps S11-S14:

and s11, displaying the plot branching map of the interactive video and the index triggering component on the application interface of the video client.

In the embodiment of the invention, the plot branch map is obtained by rendering according to plot branch information and film watching data of the interactive video; the plot branching map may include at least one plot line, each plot line including a plurality of map elements, one map element associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with a target branching plot video in an unlocked state. The index triggering component is an interactive component which can be used for triggering and acquiring index information of the interactive video, wherein the index information refers to information which has a mapping relation with a data packet of the interactive video; which may include, but are not limited to: passcodes, data links, two-dimensional codes, and the like. The data packet of the interactive video may at least include viewing data of the first account.

In an application scenario, if the first terminal detects a video playing operation of a first user playing an interactive video through a video client, a scenario branch map of the first account related to the interactive video may be obtained, and the scenario branch map of the interactive video and an index triggering component 31 are displayed on an application interface of the video client, as shown in fig. 3 a. In the application scene, the plot branch map of the first account related to the interactive video may be obtained by pre-rendering according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the view data of the first account related to the interactive video before the video playing operation is detected; or rendering in real time according to the scenario branch information of the interactive video and the viewing data of the first account about the interactive video after detecting the video playing operation, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In another application scenario, if the first terminal detects a video playing operation of the first user playing the interactive video through the video client, the first terminal may obtain a scenario branch map of the first account related to the interactive video, play a branch scenario video in the interactive video in a playing interface of the first terminal, and display a view button 32 related to the scenario branch map in the playing interface of the first terminal. Then, the first terminal may detect whether there is a first user performing a trigger operation on the view button 31; if a button triggering operation of the first user with respect to the view button 32 is detected (i.e. the view button is detected to be triggered), a plot branching map of the interactive video and an index triggering component 31 may be displayed on the application interface of the video client, as shown in fig. 3 b. In the application scenario, the plot branch map of the first account related to the interactive video may be obtained by real-time rendering according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the viewing data of the first account related to the interactive video after the viewing button is triggered. That is to say, in this case, if the first terminal plays a certain branching scenario video during a period when it is detected that the first user plays the video playing operation of the interactive video through the video client until it is detected that the viewing button is triggered, the map element associated with the branching scenario video in the scenario branching map rendered in real time by the first terminal is in the unlocked state. It should be understood that fig. 3a and 3b are only exemplary of the display form of the index trigger component, and the specific display form of the index trigger component is not limited.

The step of obtaining the plot branch map of the first account related to the interactive video through rendering according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the viewing data of the first account related to the interactive video may be executed by the first terminal or the server; the embodiment of the invention mainly takes the first terminal to execute the step as an example, and explains the specific implementation mode of the step, and the specific implementation mode comprises the following steps of (i) - (c):

the method comprises the following steps: obtaining plot branch information of the interactive video, and obtaining viewing data of the first account related to the interactive video. The video watching data comprise historical playing data of the first account relative to the interactive video, and the historical playing data at least comprise video identification of the target branching storyline video; in this case, the specific implementation manner of acquiring the viewing data of the first account with respect to the interactive video may be: acquiring historical viewing information of a first account aiming at an interactive video; and extracting the video identification of the target branching scenario video played by the first terminal from the historical viewing information, and adding the extracted video identification of the target branching scenario video to historical playing data of the interactive video of the first account.

Optionally, the viewing data may further include historical interaction data of each interaction node in the target branching storyline video; the historical interaction data of any interaction node comprises: the node identification of any interactive node and an operation behavior value, wherein the operation behavior value is used for indicating the historical interactive operation detected at any interactive node. In this case, the specific implementation manner of acquiring the viewing data of the first account with respect to the interactive video may be: obtaining historical operation information of a first account on an interactive component at each interactive node in a target branching scenario video, wherein the historical operation information corresponding to any interactive node comprises: and the first account number aims at the historical interaction operation of the interaction component at any interaction node. For any interactive node, inquiring a behavior value corresponding to the historical interactive operation included in the historical operation information corresponding to the interactive node in a preset corresponding relation table of the interactive operation and the behavior value, and taking the inquired behavior value as the operation behavior value of the interactive node; then, the operation behavior value of any interactive node and the node identification of any interactive node can be used for constructing historical interactive data of any interactive node. Optionally, the historical interaction data of any interaction node may further include data such as a first account, a video identifier (e.g., a video ID) of the target branching scenario video, and the like, in addition to the operation behavior value and the node identifier. Taking the example that the target branching scenario video includes 2 interactive nodes, the historical interactive data of each interactive node can be shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

First account number	Video ID	Node identification	Operation behavior value
				123	D1	N1	a
123	D1	N2	c

It should be understood that, if the number of the branching storyline videos that have been played by the first terminal is multiple, the first terminal may further perform similar operations to the target branching storyline video on other branching storyline videos except the target branching storyline video when acquiring the viewing data of the first account about the interactive video, so as to obtain the viewing data. In this case, the historical playing data in the viewing data may further include video identifiers of other branching scenario videos; similarly, the viewing data may also include historical interaction data for each interaction node in other branching storyline videos.

Step two: rendering according to the plot branch information of the interactive video to obtain a basic map; the basic map may include at least one plot line, each plot line includes a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and each map element in the basic map is in a locked state.

Step three: and changing the state of a map element in the basic map, which is associated with the target branch plot video indicated by the viewing data, from a locked state to an unlocked state to obtain the plot branch map of the first account relative to the interactive video. It should be understood that, if the viewing data further indicates other branching storyline videos than the target branching storyline video that have been played by the first terminal in the interactive video, the first terminal may further change the state of the map element associated with the other branching storyline videos indicated by the viewing data in the basic map from the locked state to the unlocked state, thereby obtaining the storyline map of the first account with respect to the interactive video, as shown in fig. 3 c. Referring to fig. 3c, in the scenario branch map of the first account related to the interactive video, the states of the map elements (e.g., white map elements in fig. 3 c) associated with the respective scenario branch maps that have been played by the first terminal are all in the unlocked state.

s12, if the index trigger component is triggered, outputting an information prompt window.

In a specific implementation process, the first terminal may detect a trigger operation (e.g., a click operation, a press operation, etc.) of the first user with respect to the index trigger component. If the triggering operation of the first user for the index triggering component is detected, the first terminal can determine that the index triggering component is triggered; in this case, the first terminal may acquire index information of the interactive video. In one embodiment, the first terminal may add viewing data of the interactive video to a data packet of the interactive video, and generate index information having a mapping relationship with the data packet of the interactive video; in this embodiment, the data packets of the interactive video may be stored in the local space of the first terminal. In another embodiment, the first terminal may send an index request to the server to request the server to add viewing data of the interactive video to a data packet of the interactive video, and generate index information having a mapping relationship with the data packet of the interactive video; receiving index information returned by the server; in this embodiment, the data packets of the interactive video may be stored in a database of the server. After obtaining the index information, the first terminal may output an information prompt window 33 in the application interface of the video client, as shown in fig. 3 d. The information prompt window 33 may include: the prompt information 34 is used for prompting that the index information of the interactive video is sent to the second terminal through the social client, and the shortcut entrance 35 is used for entering the social client; taking the example that the index information includes the password code, the prompt information 34 may be "share password copied and pasted to friends by the social client" shown in fig. 3 d. It should be understood that fig. 3d is only an exemplary display form of the information presentation window, and the specific display form of the information presentation window is not limited.

s13, if the shortcut entry is triggered, switching from the application interface of the video client to the application interface of the social client.

s14, if a selection instruction for the associated social account is detected, the selection instruction for the associated social account is used as a data transfer instruction for the interactive video.

In the specific implementation process of steps s13-s14, the first user may perform a trigger operation on the shortcut portal to enter the social client; in this case, if the first terminal detects that the shortcut portal is triggered, it may switch from the application interface of the video client to the application interface of the social client, as shown in fig. 3 e. Wherein the application interface of the social client includes at least an associated social account 36 associated with the second account; "associated" here means that the user indicated by the associated social account and the second user indicated by the second account are the same user. It should be understood that if the second user logs in to the video client using the social account of the social client, the associated social account and the second account in this case may be the same. After the application interface of the social client is switched, if the first terminal detects a selection instruction for the associated social account, the selection instruction for the associated social account can be used as a data transmission instruction for the interactive video. Or if the first terminal detects a selection instruction for the associated social account, a session interface between the social account of the first user and the associated social account can be output; if a message sending instruction for sending the index information to the associated social account by the social account of the first user is detected in the session interface, the message sending instruction can be used as a delivery instruction for the interactive video.

It should be noted that, if a friend relationship chain between the first account and the second account exists in the video client, the first terminal may not execute the step of outputting the information prompt window after detecting that the index trigger component is triggered; but an account selection window is output in the video client, and the account selection window comprises a second account. And if the selection instruction for the second account is detected, taking the detected selection instruction for the second account as a transmission instruction for the interactive video.

In another specific implementation, when the first terminal obtains the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, the step S201 may include the following steps S21-S23:

and s21, displaying the plot branch map of the interactive video and the data transmission component on the application interface of the video client.

s22, if the data transfer component is triggered, outputting an account selection window.

s23, if a selection instruction for the second account is detected, the selection instruction for the second account is used as a data transfer instruction for the interactive video.

In the specific implementation process of steps s21-s23, the application scenario in which the first terminal displays the scenario branch map and the data transfer component is similar to the application scenario mentioned in step s11 above regarding displaying the scenario branch map and the index trigger component, and therefore details thereof are not repeated here. The data transmission component is an interaction component which can be used for triggering the first account to transmit the viewing data of the interactive video to the second account. After the first terminal displays the data transmission component, a first user can execute triggering operation (such as clicking operation, pressing operation and the like) on the data transmission component; accordingly, if the first terminal detects that the data transfer component 37 is triggered, the account selection window 38 may be output in the video client, as shown in fig. 3 f. The account selection window may include at least a second account 39. Then, the first terminal can detect a selection instruction for a second account in the account selection window; if a selection instruction for the second account is detected, the selection instruction for the second account can be used as a data transmission instruction for the interactive video. It should be understood that fig. 3f is only an exemplary display form of the account selection window, and the specific display form of the account selection window is not limited.

It should be noted that, if a friend relationship chain between the first account and the second account does not exist in the video client, the account selection window output by the first terminal may include an account search button, so that the first user may search for the second account through the account search button and input a selection instruction for the second account. Or, if a friend relationship chain between the first account and the second account does not exist in the video client, the first terminal may not perform the step of outputting the account selection window after detecting that the data transfer component is triggered; and switching the application interface of the video client to the application interface of the social client, acquiring a selection instruction of an associated social account associated with the second account from the application interface of the social client, and taking the selection instruction of the associated social account as a data transmission instruction of the interactive video.

In another specific implementation, the first terminal may further support the first user to manually copy the viewing data of the first account, and send the viewing data of the first account to an associated social account associated with the second account through the social client; and enabling the first user to manually copy the viewing data of the first account to the second terminal through a removable hardware medium (a U disk or a mobile hard disk). In both of the two scenes, the first user needs to perform copy operation on the viewing data of the first account, so that the first terminal can also detect whether a copy instruction for the viewing data of the first account exists; if a copy instruction of the viewing data for the first account is detected, the copy instruction can be used as a data transmission instruction for the interactive video.

And S202, determining a second terminal associated with the second account.

S203, transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal executes the video playing method shown in fig. 4 according to the viewing data.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the data transfer instruction may include any one of the following: the method comprises the steps that a social account of a first user detected in a social client sends a message sending instruction of index information to an associated social account of a second account, a selection instruction for the second account detected in an account selection window of a video client, or a copying instruction of viewing data for the first account. Correspondingly, if the data transmission instruction is a message sending instruction for sending the index information to the associated social account of the second account by the social account of the first user detected in the social client, the index information and the data packet of the interactive video have a mapping relationship, and the data packet includes the viewing data of the first account. In this case, when the first terminal transmits the viewing data to the second terminal, the social client may transmit the index information of the interactive video to the second terminal, so that the second terminal may obtain the viewing data of the first account generated when the interactive video is played by the first terminal according to the index information. Or, when the video client has a friend relationship chain of the first account and the second account, the first terminal may also directly transmit the index information of the interactive video to the second terminal through the video client when transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal.

If the data transmission instruction is a selection instruction for the second account detected in the account selection window of the video client, when the first terminal transmits the viewing data to the second terminal, an information transmission interface between the first account and the second account created by the video client may be displayed, as shown in fig. 3 g. Then, sending a notification message about the interactive video to a second terminal through an information transmission interface; the notification message may carry a packet of interactive video, which may be the first terminal or generated by the first terminal requesting the server. The notification message may be used to notify a second user indicated by the second account to: receiving the film watching data of the first account, which are transmitted by the first user and indicated by the first account; for example, the notification message may be "I have delivered the viewing data for the first account to you, please accept!shown in FIG. 3 g! ".

If the data transmission instruction is a copy instruction of the viewing data for the first account, the first terminal can transmit the viewing data to the removable hardware medium when transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal can read the viewing data from the removable hardware medium.

It should be noted that, as can be seen from the foregoing, the interaction decision value related to the interactive video can also be used to influence the task judgment, achievement ranking, and user tendency representation of the user in the interactive video. Therefore, the interactive video can be played by using the viewing data of the first account better for the second terminal; the first terminal can also acquire an interactive decision value of the first account number about the interactive video, and adds the interactive decision value of the first account number about the interactive video to a data packet of the interactive video. When the first terminal transmits the data packet containing the viewing data to the second terminal in the form of the index information or the notification message in step S203, the second terminal may further obtain the interactive decision value of the first account with respect to the interactive video from the data packet, and play the interactive video according to the interactive decision value and the viewing data. Wherein the interaction decision value is generated according to interaction operation detected when the target branching scenario video is played; the interactive decision value may include decision values of one or more numerical dimensions, where the numerical dimensions may be set according to business needs or video content of the interactive video. For example, if the interactive video contains video content of an emotion class, the numerical dimension may be the intimacy with the character in the interactive video; for another example, if the interactive video is game-like video content, the numerical dimension may be an adventure tendency, a rational index dimension, and so on. Take the example of an interactive decision value comprising three numerical dimensions: the degree of affinity dimension, rational index dimension, and comedy propensity value dimension for the character in the interactive video, the interactive decision value can be seen in table 2:

TABLE 2

First account number	Video identification	Numerical dimension	Decision value
				123	D1	Intimacy with role II	420
123	D1	Rational index	50
				123	D1	Comedy tendency value	580

After the first terminal acquires the data transmission instruction for the interactive video, the second terminal associated with the second account can be determined, and the viewing data is transmitted to the second terminal, so that the second terminal can automatically unlock the target branch scenario video for the second user indicated by the second account by copying the viewing data of the first account, and when a target map element in an unlocked state in the scenario branch map is triggered, the target branch scenario video can be directly played in a playing interface of the second terminal; the second user is not required to manually unlock the target branching storyline video according to the selection combination operation of the first user indicated by the first account, and the video playing efficiency can be improved. In addition, the scenario branch map is displayed on the user interface of the second terminal, so that the user indicated by the second account can conveniently select the target branch scenario video, the video playing convenience is improved, and the playing requirement of the user for conveniently and quickly playing the branch scenario video is met.

Based on the related description of the video playing part in the video playing scheme, the embodiment of the invention provides a video playing method; the video playing method may be performed by the second terminal mentioned above, or by both the second terminal and the server. For convenience of illustration, the embodiment of the present invention mainly takes the second terminal executing the video playing method as an example for description; referring to fig. 4, the video playing method may include the following steps S401 to S403:

s401, acquiring viewing data of a first account generated by the first terminal playing the interactive video.

In the embodiment of the invention, the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch storyline videos; the viewing data of the interactive video can be used for indicating the target branching scenario video played by the first terminal in the interactive video. It should be understood that the number of the branching storyline videos that have been played by the first terminal in the interactive video may be one or more; when the number of the branching storyline videos played by the first terminal is multiple, the target branching storyline video may be any one of the multiple branching storyline videos played by the first terminal; and in this case, the viewing data may also be used to indicate other branching scenario videos than the target branching scenario video, which have been played by the first terminal, in the interactive video.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the second terminal may obtain, by means of index information, notification message, or a removable hardware medium, viewing data of the first account generated when the first terminal plays the interactive video; accordingly, step S401 may include the following specific implementations:

in one specific implementation, the second terminal may display index information on the interactive video; the index information and a data packet of the interactive video have a mapping relation, and the data packet comprises viewing data of the first account. As can be seen from the foregoing, the index information may be sent by the first terminal to the second terminal through the social client or the video client; if the index information is sent to the second terminal by the first terminal through the social client, the second terminal can display the index information about the interactive video in a session interface of the social client; if the index information is sent to the second terminal by the first terminal through the video client, the second terminal can display the index information about the interactive video in an information transmission interface of the video client. Then, the second terminal can detect whether a selection instruction for the interactive video exists or not; if the interactive video exists, the information input window can be output in response to a selection instruction aiming at the interactive video.

In one embodiment, the second terminal may directly output the information input window 50 in response to a selection command for the interactive video, as shown in fig. 5 a. In another embodiment, the second terminal may also output a prompt message 51 in response to the selection instruction for the interactive video, as shown in fig. 5 b; the prompt message is used to prompt whether to use the viewing data of other account, for example, "inherit the viewing data of other account" as shown in fig. 5 b. If a confirmation operation for the prompt information 51 is detected, the information input window 50 is output. It should be understood that fig. 5a and 5b are only exemplary views of the display form of the account selection window, and the specific display form of the account selection window is not limited. Moreover, fig. 5a and 5b are only exemplary and not exhaustive, illustrating the output manner of the information input window; for example, in other embodiments, the second terminal may also directly output the information input window after detecting an opening operation of the second user for the video client; or first outputting the prompt message and then outputting the information input window after detecting the confirmation operation for the prompt message, and the like.

After outputting the information input window 50, the second user can perform an input operation (e.g., an information paste operation, an operation of manually inputting index information, etc.) on the index information (e.g., Xa412aM63) in the information input window, as shown in fig. 5 c. Correspondingly, if the second terminal detects the input operation related to the index information in the information input window, the viewing data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal can be acquired from the data packet which has the mapping relation with the index information. Specifically, if the data packet of the interactive data is stored in the local space of the first terminal, the second terminal may send a data request carrying the index information to the first terminal to request the first terminal to return the data packet having a mapping relationship with the index information; then, the second terminal can receive the data packet returned by the first terminal, and acquire the viewing data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal from the data packet. If the data packet of the interactive data is stored in the database of the server, the second terminal can send a data request carrying index information to the server to request the server to return the data packet with the mapping relation with the index information; then, the second terminal can receive the data packet returned by the server, and acquire the viewing data of the first account from the data packet.

In another specific implementation, the second terminal may receive a notification message about the interactive video; the notification message carries a data packet of the interactive video, and the data packet comprises the viewing data of the first account. Then, a notification message may be output in the second terminal to notify the second user indicated by the second account to: and receiving the viewing data of the first account, which is transmitted by the first user and indicated by the first account. And if the confirmation operation aiming at the notification message is received, acquiring the viewing data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal from the data packet carried by the notification message. The confirmation operation herein may include, but is not limited to: a click operation, a press operation, a voice input operation for confirming the notification message, or the like for the notification message, or a click operation, a press operation, or the like for a confirmation button corresponding to the notification message.

In another specific implementation, the second terminal may also directly read, from the removable hardware medium, viewing data of the first account generated when the first terminal plays the interactive video.

S402, displaying a plot branch map of the second account relative to the interactive video on a user interface of the second terminal according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video.

The scenario branching map comprises at least one scenario line, each scenario line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching scenario video, and a target map element associated with the target branching scenario video is in an unlocked state. In a specific implementation, the second terminal may perform step S402 using a policy that is not displayed in an overlay manner, or perform step S402 using a policy that is displayed in an overlay manner. The strategy of non-overlay display refers to that a historical map of a second account related to the interactive video is reserved under the condition that a second user uses a second client to watch the interactive video, and the historical map is generated according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the historical branch plot video played by a second terminal; and rendering and displaying a strategy of a plot branch map record of the second account relative to the interactive video according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the viewing data of the first account. On the contrary, the strategy of overlay display refers to a strategy of updating the historical map according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the view data of the first account, so as to display the updated plot branch map. Based on this, step S402 can include at least the following two embodiments:

in one embodiment, if the second terminal may perform step S402 by using a strategy of not covering the display, the second terminal may render an initial map according to the scenario branch information of the interactive video; the initial map can comprise at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element records the video identification of one branch plot video, and each map element in the initial map is in a locked state. Secondly, a map element in the initial map, which is used for recording the video identification of the target branching scenario video in the historical playing data, can be used as a map element to be unlocked; and then, changing the state of the map element to be unlocked from the locked state to the unlocked state to obtain a plot branch map of the second account relative to the interactive video. It should be noted that, as can be seen from the foregoing description, when the number of the branching storyline videos that have been played by the first terminal is multiple, the history playing data may further include video identifiers of other branching storyline videos that have been played by the first terminal, except for the target branching storyline video. In this case, the second terminal may further change the state of a map element used for recording video identifiers of other branching scenario videos in the initial map from a locked state to an unlocked state, so as to obtain a scenario branching map of the second account with respect to the interactive video; taking the video identifier as a cover image of the branching scenario video as an example, a schematic diagram of rendering a scenario branching map of the second account with respect to the interactive video may be shown in fig. 5 d. After the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video is obtained, the plot branch map can be displayed on a user interface of the second terminal.

In another embodiment, if the second terminal can perform step S402 by using the strategy of overlay display, the second terminal may obtain a history map generated according to the scenario branch information of the interactive video and the history branch scenario video played by the second terminal in the interactive video; the historical map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element records the video identification of one branch plot video, the map elements which record the video identification of the historical branch plot video are all in an unlocked state, and the map elements which do not record the video identification of the historical branch plot video are in a locked state. And secondly, updating the states of all map elements in the historical map according to the historical playing data to obtain a plot branch map of the second account relative to the interactive video. Then, the plot branching map may be displayed at a user interface of the second terminal.

Because the principle of updating the state of each map element in the history map by using the history playing data is the same, the embodiment of the invention mainly takes the reference map element in the history map as an example, and explains the specific principle of how to update the state of each map element in the history map according to the history playing data. In a specific implementation process, the historical map comprises a reference map element, and the reference map element is any map element in the historical map. Then, when updating the states of the map elements in the history map according to the history playing data, the second terminal may detect the states of the reference map elements, and detect whether the video identifiers recorded by the reference map elements are the same as the video identifiers of the target branching scenario videos in the history playing data. If the reference map element is in a locked state, and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is the same as the video identifier of the target branching storyline video in the historical playing data, changing the state of the reference map element from the locked state to an unlocked state to obtain a storyline branching map of the second account relative to the interactive video; if the reference map element is in the unlocked state, and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is different from the video identifier of the target branching scenario video in the historical playing data, the state of the reference map element can be changed from the unlocked state to the locked state, so that a scenario branching map of the second account related to the interactive video is obtained; if the reference map element is in the unlocked state, and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is the same as the video identifier of the target branching scenario video in the historical playing data, the state of the reference map element can be kept unchanged, so that the scenario branching map of the second account related to the interactive video is obtained.

It should be noted that, if the history play data further includes video identifiers of other branching storyline videos, other than the target branching storyline video, that have been played by the first terminal, the second terminal may further detect whether the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is the same as the video identifiers of other branching storyline videos in the history play data when it is detected that the reference map element is in the unlocked state and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is different from the video identifier of the target branching storyline video in the history play data. If the video identification recorded by the reference map element is the same as the video identification of other branch plot videos in the historical playing data, the state of the reference map element can be kept unchanged; if the video identification recorded by the reference map element is different from the video identification of other branching storyline videos in the historical playing data, the step of changing the state of the reference map element from the unlocked state to the locked state can be executed. Based on the principle, after the second terminal updates the states of all map elements in the historical map in sequence according to the historical playing data, a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video can be obtained; taking the video identifier as a cover image of the branching scenario video as an example, a schematic diagram of rendering a scenario branching map of the second account with respect to the interactive video may be shown in fig. 5 e.

It should be further noted that, when executing step S402, the second terminal may also generate a rendering request according to the scenario branch information and the viewing data of the interactive video, and send the rendering request to the server; and rendering by the server according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video to obtain a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video, and then sending the plot branch map to the second terminal. Correspondingly, the second terminal can receive the plot branch map issued by the server, and display the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video on the user interface of the second terminal.

Optionally, the target branching storyline video includes at least one interactive node, and the viewing data may further include historical interactive data of each interactive node; the historical interaction data of any interaction node comprises: the node identification of any interactive node and an operational behavior value, the operational behavior value being indicative of historical interactive operations detected at any interactive node. In this case, the second terminal may further detect whether there is a matching image matching the operation behavior value of the at least one interactive node; the second terminal may further display a matching image at a display position of a target map element in the plot branching map if there is a matching image matching the operation behavior value of the at least one interactive node. The matching image is an image displayed by responding to the interactive operation indicated by the operation behavior value of at least one interactive node in the process of playing the target branching scenario video by the first terminal. For example, in the process of playing a target branching scenario video, the first terminal prompts a first user to control the first character role to avoid the attack of the second character role by clicking an interactive component at an interactive node a; if the interactive operation indicated by the operation behavior value of the interactive node a is as follows: the first user performs click operation on the interactive component at the interactive node a, and the first terminal can respond to the interactive operation to display a trophy image in the playing interface; then the matching image may be the trophy image. If the interactive operation indicated by the operation behavior value of the interactive node a is as follows: if the first user does not perform click operation on the interactive component at the interactive node a, displaying a sad face image in a playing interface in response to the click operation; then the matching image may be the sad face image. Taking the matching image 52 comprising a sad face image as an example, a schematic diagram showing the matching image 52 can be seen in fig. 5 f; it should be understood that fig. 5f is only an exemplary display form of the matching image, and the specific display form of the matching image is not limited.

Optionally, if the data packet of the interactive video further includes an interactive decision value of the first account with respect to the interactive video, the second terminal may further detect whether the interactive decision value has a corresponding reward image; the second terminal may also display the bonus image at a display position of the target map element in the plot branching map if the corresponding bonus image exists. The rewarding image is an image which is acquired when the interactive decision value is larger than a preset threshold value and corresponds to the interactive decision value; the preset threshold mentioned herein may be set according to an empirical value or a traffic demand. For example, if the interactive decision value includes a decision value (450) in an affinity dimension with a character in the interactive video, and the decision value (450) in the affinity dimension with the character in the interactive video is greater than the preset threshold 400; the bonus image may be a candy image or a love image. For another example, if the interactive decision value includes a decision value (900) in the comedy tendency value dimension, and the decision value (900) in the comedy tendency value dimension is greater than the preset threshold (600), the bonus image may be a smiling face image, and so on.

Optionally, if the data packet of the interactive video further includes an interactive decision value of the first account with respect to the interactive video, the second terminal may further display the interactive decision value in a display interface where the plot branch map is located. For example, the interactive decision value 53 includes a decision value in the affinity dimension with a character number one in the interactive video (230) and a decision value in the affinity dimension with a character number two in the interactive video (450), a schematic diagram showing the interactive decision value 53 is shown in fig. 5 g. It should be understood that fig. 5g is only an exemplary display form for the interactive decision value, and the specific display form of the interactive decision value is not limited.

And S403, when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered, playing the target branching scenario video in the playing interface of the second terminal.

In a specific implementation, when a target map element in an unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered, the second terminal may directly play the target branching scenario video in the playing interface. In one embodiment, the target branching storyline video may include at least a target interaction node; and the target interaction node is associated with at least one target video branch option, and one target video branch option corresponds to one branch storyline video which is not played. If the data packet further comprises an interactive decision value of the first account relative to the interactive video, and each branch scenario video which is not played needs to be unlocked by adopting the decision value; the second terminal can display at least one target video branch option at the target interaction node in the process of playing the target branch scenario video on a playing interface of the second terminal; and detecting whether an invalid target video branch option exists in at least one target video branch option, wherein the invalid target video branch option refers to a target video branch option corresponding to a branch scenario video with the unlocking required decision value being greater than the interaction decision value. If at least one target video branch option has an invalid target video branch option, the decision value required for unlocking the unplayed branch scenario video corresponding to the invalid target video branch option is greater than the interactive decision value, so that the state of the invalid target video branch option can be set to be a selection prohibition state.

For example, let the target interaction node associate two target video branching options, respectively "ask clear" and "see what he does" as shown in fig. 5 h; where "see what he does" is the target video branch option that is not valid. Then while the status of the invalid target video branch option is set to the selection disabled status, the invalid target video branch option 54 (i.e., "see what he is doing") may be set to a gray status in the play interface to indicate that the invalid target video branch option is in the selection disabled status, as shown in the left diagram of fig. 5 h; alternatively, a lock image is displayed at the invalid target video branch option 54 (i.e., "see what he is doing") to block the invalid target video branch option, indicating that the invalid target video branch option is in the selection disabled state, as shown in the right diagram of fig. 5 h. It should be understood that fig. 5h is only an exemplary display form showing the invalid target video branching option, and the specific display form of the invalid target video branching option is not limited.

It should be noted that, if each unplayed branching scenario video does not need to be unlocked by using a decision value, in the process of playing the target branching scenario video on the playing interface of the second terminal, the second terminal may directly display at least one target video branching option at the target interaction node, and an operation of detecting an invalid target video branching option is not required. It should also be understood that if the target interaction node may also be associated with one or more other video branching options, one other video branching option corresponds to one branching storyline video that has already been played; accordingly, the second terminal may also display one or more other video branching options at the target interactive node.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the second terminal can display the plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video on the user interface of the second terminal according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video by acquiring the view data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal. The scenario branching map comprises at least one scenario line, each scenario line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching scenario video, and a target map element associated with the target branching scenario video is in an unlocked state. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can automatically unlock the target branching scenario video for the second user indicated by the second account by copying the film watching data of the first account, so that the target branching scenario video can be directly played in the playing interface of the second terminal when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered; the second user is not required to manually unlock the target branching storyline video according to the selection combination operation of the first user indicated by the first account, and the video playing efficiency can be improved. In addition, the scenario branch map is displayed on the user interface of the second terminal, so that the user indicated by the second account can conveniently select the target branch scenario video, the video playing convenience is improved, and the playing requirement of the user for conveniently and quickly playing the branch scenario video is met.

Based on the above description of the data processing method embodiment and the video playing method embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a video playing method; the embodiment of the invention is mainly explained by taking the example that the server is adopted to generate the index information, and the index information is the password code. In the embodiment of the present invention, the server may employ two databases (i.e., the video information database and the viewing database) to separately store the video information of the interactive video and the viewing data of each account related to the interactive video. The video information may include, but is not limited to: the plot branch information, the playing media asset information and the playing file CDN information of the interactive video. The play media asset information herein may include, but is not limited to: the content of the plot introduction of the interactive video, information of actors participating in shooting the interactive video, director information of the interactive video, and the like; the playing file CDN information may include video files of respective branching storyline videos in the interactive video. The data reading and writing principle adopted by the server for the interactive video can be seen in fig. 6a, which is specifically as follows:

after detecting the operation of the first user to play the interactive video, the playing front end (e.g., the first terminal) may pull the video information of the interactive video from the server, as shown by the black solid arrow in fig. 6 a; and playing each branch plot video in the interactive video for the first user based on the video information of the interactive video. Optionally, if the first user has played the interactive video based on the first account by using the first terminal before playing the interactive video, the viewing database of the server may include viewing data of the first account with respect to the interactive video; in this case, the first terminal may further pull the viewing data of the first account with respect to the interactive video from the server, as shown by the black dashed arrow in fig. 6 a; then, an interactive video is played for the first user based on the viewing data and the video information. In the playing process of the interactive video, the first terminal may record viewing information (such as viewing history information, historical interactive operations at each interactive node of the played branching scenario video, and the like) about the interactive video of the first account, and report the viewing information to the server. After receiving the viewing information of the first account, the server can define each piece of information in the viewing information of the first account as a specific numerical value in an abstract manner to obtain the viewing data of the first account; then, the obtained viewing data of the first account is written into the viewing database to update the stored viewing data of the first account in the viewing database, as shown by the gray solid arrow in fig. 6 a.

Based on the foregoing data reading and writing principle, a schematic flow chart of the video playing method provided in the embodiment of the present invention can be shown in fig. 6b, which specifically includes the following steps S601-S613:

s601, the first terminal displays a plot branch map of the interactive video and an index triggering component on an application interface of the video client.

S602, if the index triggering component is triggered, the first terminal sends a password code request to the server; the passcode request carries a first account number.

S603, the server responds to the password code request and generates a data packet of the first account related to the interactive video. Specifically, the server can query the film viewing data of the first account related to the interactive video from the film viewing database according to the first account carried by the password code request; then, the viewing data of the interactive video may be added to a data packet of the first account related to the interactive video, where the data packet may be a mirror image data packet.

S604, the server generates a password code and establishes a mapping relation between the password code and the data packet of the interactive video.

S605, the server returns the password code to the first terminal.

S606, the first terminal sends the password code to the second terminal.

S607, the second terminal can receive the password code sent by the first terminal and display the password code.

And S608, the second terminal can respond to the selection instruction aiming at the interactive video and output an information input window.

And S609, if the second terminal detects the input operation of the password code in the information input window, the second terminal sends a data request carrying the password code to the server to request the server to return a data packet with a mapping relation with the password code.

S610, the server finds the data packet of the interactive video through the password code and returns the data packet to the second terminal. Optionally, the server may further write the data packet of the interactive video into a storage area of the second account in the viewing database by using a preset data writing manner; the data writing mode here may include: an overwriting writing mode and a non-overwriting writing mode; the overwriting is to update the data related to the interactive video of the second account by using the data packet, and the non-overwriting is to keep the historical data related to the interactive video of the second account stored in the storage area unchanged when the data packet of the interactive video is written into the storage area of the second account in the viewing database.

And S611, the second terminal receives the data packet returned by the server, and acquires the viewing data of the first account from the data packet.

And S612, the second terminal displays a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of the second terminal according to the plot branch information and the view data of the interactive video.

And S613, when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branch map is triggered, playing the target branch scenario video in the playing interface of the second terminal.

Based on the description of the related embodiments of the data processing method, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a data processing apparatus, which may be a computer program (including a program code) running in the first terminal. The data processing apparatus may perform the method shown in fig. 2. Referring to fig. 7, the data processing apparatus may operate the following units:

an obtaining unit 701, configured to obtain a data transmission instruction for an interactive video, where the data transmission instruction is used to instruct a first account to transmit viewing data about the interactive video to a second account; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

a processing unit 702, configured to determine a second terminal associated with the second account;

a transmitting unit 703, configured to transmit the viewing data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal executes the video playing method shown in fig. 4 according to the viewing data.

In an embodiment, the obtaining unit 701, when configured to obtain the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, may be specifically configured to:

displaying a plot branch map and an index triggering component of the interactive video on an application interface of a video client; the plot branch map is obtained by rendering according to plot branch information of the interactive video and the film watching data; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state;

if the index trigger component is triggered, outputting an information prompt window; the information prompt window comprises: the prompt information is used for prompting that the index information of the interactive video is sent to the second terminal through the social client side, and the shortcut entrance is used for entering the social client side; the index information and a data packet of the interactive video have a mapping relation, and the data packet comprises the film watching data of the first account;

if the shortcut entrance is triggered, switching from the application interface of the video client to the application interface of the social client; the application interface of the social client includes at least an associated social account number associated with the second account number;

and if the selection instruction for the associated social account is detected, taking the selection instruction for the associated social account as a data transmission instruction for the interactive video.

In another embodiment, the obtaining unit 701, when configured to obtain the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, may be specifically configured to:

displaying a plot branch map and a data transmission component of the interactive video on an application interface of a video client; the plot branch map is obtained by rendering according to plot branch information of the interactive video and the film watching data; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state;

if the data transmission assembly is triggered, outputting an account selection window; the account number selection window at least comprises the second account number;

and if the selection instruction for the second account is detected, taking the selection instruction for the second account as a data transmission instruction for the interactive video.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the steps involved in the method shown in fig. 2 may be performed by the units in the image recognition apparatus shown in fig. 7. Specifically, steps S201 to S203 shown in fig. 2 may be performed by the acquisition unit 701, the processing unit 702, and the transfer unit 703, respectively, shown in fig. 7. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the units in the data processing apparatus shown in fig. 7 may be respectively or entirely combined into one or several other units to form one or several other units, or some unit(s) therein may be further split into multiple units with smaller functions to form the same operation, without affecting the achievement of the technical effect of the embodiment of the present invention. The units are divided based on logic functions, and in practical application, the functions of one unit can be realized by a plurality of units, or the functions of a plurality of units can be realized by one unit. In other embodiments of the present invention, the data processing apparatus may also include other units, and in practical applications, these functions may also be implemented by being assisted by other units, and may be implemented by cooperation of a plurality of units.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a data processing apparatus device as shown in fig. 7 may be constructed by running a computer program (including program codes) capable of executing steps involved in the corresponding method as shown in fig. 2 on a general-purpose computing device such as a computer including a processing element such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a random access storage medium (RAM), a read-only storage medium (ROM), and a storage element, and a data processing method of an embodiment of the present invention is implemented. The computer program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, for example, and loaded and executed in the above-described computing apparatus via the computer-readable recording medium.

Based on the description of the related embodiment of the video playing method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a video playing apparatus, which may be a computer program (including a program code) running in the second terminal. The video playback device may perform the method shown in fig. 4. Referring to fig. 8, the video playback apparatus may operate as follows:

the processing unit 801 is configured to acquire viewing data of a first account generated when the first terminal plays the interactive video; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video;

a display unit 802, configured to display, according to the plot branch information of the interactive video and the viewing data, a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state;

a playing unit 803, configured to play a target branching scenario video in a playing interface of the second terminal when the target map element in the scenario branching map in the unlocked state is triggered.

In an embodiment, when the display unit 802 is configured to display, on the user interface of the second terminal, a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video according to the plot branch information and the viewing data of the interactive video, the display unit may be specifically configured to:

rendering according to the plot branch information of the interactive video to obtain an initial map; the initial map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element records a video identifier of one branch plot video, and each map element in the initial map is in a locked state;

taking a map element in the initial map, which is used for recording the video identifier of the target branching scenario video in the historical playing data, as a map element to be unlocked;

changing the state of the map element to be unlocked from the locking state to an unlocking state to obtain a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video;

and displaying the plot branching map on a user interface of the second terminal.

In another embodiment, when the display unit 802 is configured to display, on the user interface of the second terminal, a plot branch map of the second account related to the interactive video according to the plot branch information and the viewing data of the interactive video, the display unit may be specifically configured to:

acquiring historical maps generated according to the plot branch information of the interactive videos and historical branch plot videos which are played by the second terminal in the interactive videos; the historical map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element records the video identification of one branch plot video, the map elements which record the video identification of the historical branch plot video are all in an unlocked state, and the map elements which do not record the video identification of the historical branch plot video are in a locked state;

updating the states of all map elements in the historical map according to the historical playing data to obtain a plot branch map of a second account relative to the interactive video;

In another embodiment, when the processing unit 801 is configured to obtain viewing data of a first account generated by a first terminal playing an interactive video, the processing unit may be specifically configured to:

displaying index information related to the interactive video, wherein the index information has a mapping relation with a data packet of the interactive video, and the data packet comprises the viewing data of the first account;

responding to a selection instruction aiming at the interactive video, and outputting an information input window;

and if the input operation related to the index information is detected in the information input window, acquiring the viewing data of a first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal from the data packet which has the mapping relation with the index information.

In another embodiment, when the processing unit 801 is configured to output an information input window in response to a selection instruction for the interactive video, the processing unit may be specifically configured to:

responding to a selection instruction aiming at the interactive video, and outputting a prompt message; the prompt message is used for prompting whether to use the film watching data of other account numbers;

and if the confirmation operation aiming at the prompt information is detected, outputting an information input window.

receiving a notification message about the interactive video, wherein the notification message carries a data packet of the interactive video, and the data packet comprises the film watching data of the first account;

outputting the notification message in the second terminal to notify a second user indicated by the second account: receiving the film watching data of the first account, which are transmitted by a first user and indicated by the first account;

and if the confirmation operation aiming at the notification message is received, acquiring the viewing data of the first account generated by the interactive video played by the first terminal from the data packet carried by the notification message.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the steps involved in the method shown in fig. 4 may be performed by the units in the video playback apparatus shown in fig. 8. Specifically, steps S401 to S403 shown in fig. 4 may be performed by the processing unit 801, the display unit 802, and the playback unit 803 shown in fig. 8, respectively, and the like. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the units in the video playing apparatus shown in fig. 8 may be respectively or entirely combined into one or several other units to form the unit, or some unit(s) therein may be further split into multiple units with smaller functions to form the unit(s), which may achieve the same operation without affecting the achievement of the technical effect of the embodiment of the present invention. The units are divided based on logic functions, and in practical application, the functions of one unit can be realized by a plurality of units, or the functions of a plurality of units can be realized by one unit. In other embodiments of the present invention, the video-based playing apparatus may also include other units, and in practical applications, these functions may also be implemented by being assisted by other units, and may be implemented by cooperation of multiple units.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the video playback apparatus device shown in fig. 8 may be constructed by running a computer program (including program codes) capable of executing the steps involved in the corresponding method shown in fig. 4 on a general-purpose computing device such as a computer including a processing element such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a random access storage medium (RAM), a read-only storage medium (ROM), and a storage element, and implementing the video playback method of the embodiment of the present invention. The computer program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, for example, and loaded and executed in the above-described computing apparatus via the computer-readable recording medium.

Based on the description of the method embodiment and the device embodiment, the embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal; the terminal may be the first terminal mentioned above, or may be the second terminal mentioned above. Referring to fig. 9, the terminal includes at least a processor 901, an input device 902, an output device 903, and a computer storage medium 904. The processor 901, input device 902, output device 903, and computer storage medium 904 in the terminal may be connected by a bus or other means. A computer storage medium 904 may be stored in the memory of the terminal, said computer storage medium 904 being adapted to store a computer program comprising program instructions, said processor 901 being adapted to execute the program instructions stored by said computer storage medium 904. The processor 901 (or CPU) is a computing core and a control core of the terminal, and is adapted to implement one or more instructions, and in particular, is adapted to load and execute the one or more instructions so as to implement a corresponding method flow or a corresponding function.

In an embodiment, if the terminal is a first terminal, the processor 901 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured to be controlled by the first terminal to perform a series of data processing, including: acquiring a data transmission instruction for an interactive video, wherein the data transmission instruction is used for instructing a first account to transmit viewing data of the interactive video to a second account; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video; determining a second terminal associated with the second account; and transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal executes the video playing method shown in the figure 4 according to the viewing data, and the like.

In another embodiment, if the terminal is a second terminal, the processor 901 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured to be controlled by the second terminal to perform a series of video playing processes, including: acquiring film watching data of a first account generated by playing an interactive video by a first terminal; the interactive video comprises a plurality of branch scenario videos, and the film watching data is used for indicating a target branch scenario video which is played by the first terminal in the interactive video; displaying a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branch information and the film watching data of the interactive video; the plot branching map comprises at least one plot line, each plot line comprises a plurality of map elements, one map element is associated with one branching plot video, and a target map element associated with the target branching plot video is in an unlocked state; and when the target map element in the unlocked state in the scenario branching map is triggered, playing a target branching scenario video in a playing interface of the second terminal, and the like.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a computer storage medium (Memory), which is a Memory device in the terminal and is used for storing programs and data. It is understood that the computer storage medium herein may include a built-in storage medium in the terminal, and may also include an extended storage medium supported by the terminal. The computer storage medium provides a storage space that stores an operating system of the terminal. Also stored in this memory space are one or more instructions, which may be one or more computer programs (including program code), suitable for loading and execution by processor 901. The computer storage medium may be a high-speed RAM memory, or may be a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory; and optionally at least one computer storage medium located remotely from the processor.

In one embodiment, if the terminal is a first terminal, one or more first instructions may be stored in the computer storage medium; and one or more first instructions stored in the computer storage medium may be loaded and executed by the processor 901 to implement the corresponding steps in the above-described embodiments of the data processing method; in a specific implementation, one or more first instructions in the computer storage medium are loaded by the processor 901 and perform the following steps:

determining a second terminal associated with the second account;

and transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal executes the video playing method shown in fig. 4 according to the viewing data.

In one embodiment, when obtaining the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, the one or more first instructions are loaded and specifically executed by the processor 901:

In another embodiment, when obtaining the data transfer instruction for the interactive video, the one or more first instructions are loaded and specifically executed by the processor 901:

In another embodiment, if the terminal is a second terminal, one or more second instructions may be stored in the computer storage medium; and one or more second instructions stored in the computer storage medium may be loaded and executed by the processor 901 to implement the corresponding steps in the above-described embodiments related to the video playing method; in a specific implementation, one or more second instructions in the computer storage medium are loaded by the processor 901 and perform the following steps:

In one embodiment, when a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video is displayed on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branch information and the viewing data of the interactive video, the one or more second instructions are loaded and specifically executed by the processor 901:

In another embodiment, when a plot branch map of a second account related to the interactive video is displayed on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branch information and the viewing data of the interactive video, the one or more second instructions are loaded and specifically executed by the processor 901:

In another embodiment, when acquiring viewing data of a first account generated by the first terminal playing the interactive video, the one or more second instructions are loaded by the processor 901 and specifically executed:

In another embodiment, when the information input window is output in response to the selection instruction for the interactive video, the one or more second instructions are loaded and specifically executed by the processor 901:

The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A video playback method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scenario branch information includes: the number of plot lines of the interactive videos, the video identification of the branch plot videos associated with each plot line and the relation among the branch plot videos associated with each plot line;

the viewing data comprises historical playing data of the first account relative to the interactive video, and the historical playing data comprises video identification of the target branching storyline video.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a plot branching map of a second account with respect to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branching information and the viewing data of the interactive video comprises:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a plot branching map of a second account with respect to the interactive video on a user interface of a second terminal according to the plot branching information and the viewing data of the interactive video comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the historical map includes a reference map element, the reference map element being any map element in the historical map; the updating the states of the map elements in the historical map according to the historical playing data to obtain the plot branching map of the second account related to the interactive video comprises the following steps:

if the reference map element is in the locked state, and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is the same as the video identifier of the target branching storyline video in the historical playing data, changing the state of the reference map element from the locked state to the unlocked state to obtain a storyline branching map of a second account related to the interactive video;

and if the reference map element is in the unlocked state and the video identifier recorded by the reference map element is different from the video identifier of the target branching scenario video in the historical playing data, changing the state of the reference map element from the unlocked state to the locked state to obtain a scenario branching map of a second account related to the interactive video.

6. The method of any of claims 2-5, wherein the target branching storyline video comprises at least one interactive node, the viewing data further comprising historical interaction data for each interactive node; the historical interaction data of any interaction node comprises: a node identification of the any interactive node and an operational behavior value, the operational behavior value being indicative of historical interactive operations detected at the any interactive node; the method further comprises the following steps:

if a matching image matching the operation behavior value of the at least one interactive node exists, displaying the matching image at a display position of the target map element in the plot branching map;

the matching image is an image displayed by responding to the interactive operation indicated by the operation behavior value of the at least one interactive node in the process of playing the target branching scenario video by the first terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of viewing data of a first account generated by a first terminal playing an interactive video comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein outputting an information input window in response to a selection instruction for the interactive video comprises:

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of viewing data of a first account generated by a first terminal playing an interactive video comprises:

10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the data packet further includes an interaction decision value of the first account with respect to the interactive video, the interaction decision value being generated based on an interaction operation detected when the target branching storyline video is played;

the target branching scenario video at least comprises a target interaction node, the target interaction node is associated with at least one target video branching option, one target video branching option corresponds to one branching scenario video which is not played, and each branching scenario video which is not played needs to be unlocked by adopting a decision value;

the method further comprises the following steps:

displaying the at least one target video branch option at the target interaction node in the process of playing the target branch scenario video on a playing interface of the second terminal;

if an invalid target video branch option exists in the at least one target video branch option, setting the state of the invalid target video branch option as a selection prohibition state; and the decision value required for unlocking the unplayed branching scenario video corresponding to the invalid target video branching option is greater than the interactive decision value.

11. A data processing method, comprising:

determining a second terminal associated with the second account;

transmitting the viewing data to the second terminal so that the second terminal performs the video playback method according to any one of claims 1-10 based on the viewing data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining data transfer instructions for interactive video comprises:

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining data transfer instructions for interactive video comprises:

14. A video playback apparatus, comprising:

15. A terminal comprising an input device and an output device, further comprising:

a processor adapted to implement one or more instructions, and a computer storage medium;

the computer storage medium storing one or more first instructions adapted to be loaded by the processor and to perform the data processing method of any of claims 11-13; alternatively, the computer storage medium stores one or more second instructions adapted to be loaded by the processor and to perform the video playback method of any of claims 1-10.