CN109842819B

CN109842819B - Video playing interaction method, device, system, user terminal and medium

Info

Publication number: CN109842819B
Application number: CN201711217783.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邹放
Original assignee: Tencent Cyber Tianjin Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Cyber Tianjin Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-11-28
Filing date: 2017-11-28
Publication date: 2022-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 2037-11-28
Also published as: CN109842819A

Abstract

The invention discloses a video playing interaction method, a device, a system, a user terminal and a medium, which are used for reducing the resource consumption of the user terminal while not influencing the watching experience of users and increasing the interactivity of watching videos among the users. The video playing interaction method comprises the following steps: a first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a first user at a chat window; the video playing link is carried in the video playing link; the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal; a second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by a first user terminal through a chat window, and displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; the second user terminal receives the selection of the second user for the video sharing invitation message; and the second user terminal plays the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user.

Description

Video playing interaction method, device, system, user terminal and medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of video playing technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a system, a user terminal, and a medium for network video playing interaction.

Background

This section is intended to provide a background or context to the embodiments of the invention that are recited in the claims. The description herein is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

The video barrage refers to a comment directly appearing on a video picture, can appear on the video picture in a special-effect mode of scrolling, staying or even more actions, and is a short comment sent by a person watching the video.

According to the existing video barrage technology, a user opens a barrage switch at a video playing window, so that all comments issued by the user watching the video at different playing time points of the video can be seen, and all the comments are displayed by sliding subtitles; the user clicks the comment icon on the video window, the input box can be called, the viewpoint to be published is input, the bullet screen at the current video playing time point is added, the video picture is slid through in a sliding subtitle mode, all viewers can be guaranteed to notice, and therefore interaction among the video viewers is increased.

Because the video bullet screen can shelter from the video picture of playing, if the bullet screen that a certain broadcast time point user sent is too many, can serious viewer's viewing effect, though viewer's optional closed bullet screen, close bullet screen just can not carry out the interaction with other viewers at all. Moreover, the existing video barrage can be sent by any user watching a video, viewers are strangers with each other, comments made by the users are feelings of the users and cannot respond to comments of other users, the comments made by the users cannot be responded to by other users, further deep discussion cannot be achieved, and interactivity is limited. On the other hand, the video barrage can cause great operational stress on the computer CPU of the viewer, and especially, a large amount of bursty barrages at a specific time point are more obvious.

Therefore, how to reduce the resource consumption of the user terminal while increasing the interactivity of watching videos between users without affecting the watching experience of the users becomes one of the technical problems to be solved in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a video playing interaction method, a video playing interaction device, a video playing interaction system, a user terminal and a video playing interaction medium, which are used for reducing resource consumption of the user terminal while not influencing viewing experience of users and increasing interactivity of video viewing among the users.

In a first aspect, a video playing interaction method is provided, including:

a first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a first user at a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos;

the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal;

a second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by a first user terminal through a chat window, and displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window;

the second user terminal receives the selection of the second user for the video sharing invitation message;

and the second user terminal plays the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user.

Optionally, after the first user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user in the chat window, the method further includes:

the first user terminal displays the video playing window as the chat background of the chat window;

and the first user terminal acquires corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the playing, by the second user terminal, the video according to the video sharing invitation information and the selection of the second user specifically includes:

if the second user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window;

and the second user terminal acquires corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing window is initialized according to the following method:

determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position information of the title bar contained in the chat window;

determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window;

determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window; and

determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window;

and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, before the second user terminal starts playing the video in the video playing window according to the video playing link, the method further includes:

the second user terminal acquires the playing time point of the video played by the first user terminal; and

and the second user terminal acquires the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing interaction method further includes:

any user terminal sends chat messages to other user terminals or receives chat messages from other user terminals or receives a video playing control instruction in the video playing process;

and the any user terminal displays the received chat messages or the chat messages input by the any user in a chat message window or controls video playing according to the video playing instruction.

In a second aspect, a video playing interactive system is provided, which includes a first user terminal and at least one second user terminal, wherein:

the first user terminal is used for receiving a video sharing invitation message input by a first user in a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos; and sending the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal;

the second user terminal is used for receiving the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window and displaying the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; receiving a selection of a second user for a video sharing invitation message; and playing the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user.

Optionally, the first user terminal is further configured to display a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window after the chat window receives a video sharing invitation message input by the first user; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the second user terminal is specifically configured to, if the second user agrees to share a video, display a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the first user terminal or the second user terminal is specifically configured to determine a vertical coordinate of bottom position information of a title bar included in the chat window; determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window; determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window; determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window; and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the second user terminal is further configured to obtain a playing time point at which the first user terminal plays the video before starting to play the video in the video playing window according to the video playing link; and acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link, and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the first user terminal or the second user terminal is further configured to send a chat message to another user terminal or receive a chat message from another user terminal or receive a video playing control instruction in a video playing process; and displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by any user in a chat message window or controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

In a third aspect, a user terminal is provided, including:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message input by a user in a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one other user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos;

a sending unit, configured to send the video sharing invitation message to the at least one other user terminal;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message sent by another user terminal, and display the video sharing invitation message in the chat window;

a third receiving unit, configured to receive a selection of a user for the video sharing invitation message;

and the video playing unit is used for playing the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

Optionally, the video playing unit is further configured to, after the first receiving unit receives, in a chat window, a video sharing invitation message input by a first user, display the video playing window as a chat background of the chat window; acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play a video in the video playing window; or if the user agrees to share the video, displaying the video playing window as the chat background of the chat window; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing unit is specifically configured to determine a vertical coordinate of bottom position information of a title bar included in the chat window; determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window; determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-height ratio of the playing window; determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window; and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the user terminal further includes:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the playing time points of the videos played by the other user terminals before the video playing unit starts to play the videos in the video playing window according to the video playing link; and acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link, and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the user terminal further includes:

the interactive unit is used for sending chat messages to other user terminals or receiving chat messages from other user terminals or receiving video playing control instructions in the video playing process;

and the response unit is used for displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by any user in a chat message window or controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

In a fourth aspect, a video playing interaction method implemented by a first user terminal is provided, including:

a first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a user through a chat window, wherein the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos together;

and the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal.

the first user terminal displays a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window;

Optionally, the initializing, by the first user terminal, the video playing window according to the following method specifically includes:

the first user terminal determines the vertical coordinate of the bottom position information of the title bar contained in the chat window;

the first user terminal determines that the vertical coordinate is the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window;

the first user terminal determines the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window; and

and the first user terminal initializes the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing interaction method implemented by the first user terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

the first user terminal receives and displays an instant message sent by the second user terminal after the video playing is started; or

The first user terminal sends an instant message to a second user terminal after starting playing the video; or

The first user terminal receives a video playing control instruction, wherein the video playing instruction comprises a character control instruction, a voice control instruction and a gesture control instruction; and controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

In a fifth aspect, a video playing interaction method implemented by a second user terminal is provided, including:

a second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by a first user terminal through a chat window, wherein the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link;

the second user terminal displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; and

and the second user terminal plays the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

Optionally, the playing, by the second user terminal, the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user specifically includes:

if the user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window;

Optionally, before the second user terminal acquires the corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts playing the video in the video playing window, the method further includes:

Optionally, the video playing interaction method implemented by the second user terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

the second user terminal receives and displays the chat message sent by the first user terminal; or

Sending an instant message to the first user terminal after starting to play the video; or

Receiving a video playing control instruction, wherein the video playing instruction comprises a text control instruction, a voice control instruction and a gesture control instruction; and controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

In a sixth aspect, a video playing interaction device implemented by a first user terminal is provided, which includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message input by a user through a chat window, where the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, and the video sharing invitation message is used to invite at least one other user terminal joining a current chat to watch a video together;

a sending unit, configured to send the video sharing invitation message to the at least one other user terminal.

Optionally, the video playing interaction apparatus implemented by the first user terminal further includes:

the video playing unit is used for displaying the video playing window as the chat background of the chat window after the first receiving unit receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user at the chat window; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing unit includes:

the first determining module is used for determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position information of the title bar contained in the chat window;

the second determining module is used for determining that the vertical coordinate is the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window;

the third determining module is used for determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the width-height ratio of a preset playing window;

the fourth determining module is used for determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window;

and the initialization module is used for initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing interaction apparatus implemented by the first user terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

A seventh aspect provides a video playing interaction device implemented by a second user terminal, including:

the receiving unit is used for receiving video sharing invitation messages sent by other user terminals through the chat window, wherein the video sharing invitation messages carry video playing links;

a display unit for displaying the video sharing invitation message on the chat window;

Optionally, the video playing unit is specifically configured to, if the user agrees to share a video, display a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing interaction apparatus implemented by the second user terminal further includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain, at the video playing unit, corresponding video content according to the video playing link and obtain, before the video playing window starts playing the video, a playing time point at which the other user terminal plays the video; and according to the video playing link, acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a computing apparatus, which includes at least one processing unit and at least one storage unit, where the storage unit stores a computer program, and when the program is executed by the processing unit, the processing unit is caused to execute the steps of any one of the methods described above.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable medium storing a computer program executable by a computing device, the program, when executed on the computing device, causing the computing device to perform any of the method steps described above.

In the video playing interaction method, device, system, user terminal and medium provided by the embodiments of the present invention, at a first user terminal, a video sharing invitation message is sent through a chat window, the video playing window is displayed as a background of the chat window, and corresponding video content is obtained from a video server according to a video playing link carried in the video sharing invitation message and is played at the video playing window, because the chat message window and the video playing window are independent from each other, thus, the users can send messages to each other through the chat message window without affecting the video playing, on the other hand, because the chat window is usually a group or a discussion group added by the user or a contact actively selected by the user, which is usually a user instant messaging contact, the video sharing achieved by this is only a comment shared between the user and a small number of friends, thereby increasing the interactivity during video watching, and avoiding the problem that a large amount of video comment information suddenly at a specific time point shields the video playing cost and increasing the CPU resource of the user terminal.

At the second user terminal, after receiving the video sharing invitation message through the chat window, if the user selects to play the video, the video playing window is used as the background of the chat window to be displayed, corresponding video content is requested from the video playing server according to a video playing link carried in the video sharing invitation message and is played at the video playing window, similar to the first user terminal, because the chat message window and the video playing window are independent from each other, the users can send messages to each other through the chat message window without influencing the video playing, on the other hand, because the chat window is usually a group or a discussion group added by the user or a contact actively selected by the user, which is usually an instant communication contact of the user, the video sharing realized by the method is only to share comments between the user and a small number of friends, the interactivity during video watching is increased, and the problem that the video playing is shielded by a large amount of video comment information suddenly at a specific time point and the CPU resource overhead of the user terminal is increased can be avoided.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and do not limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1a is a schematic view of an application scenario of a video playing interaction method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1b is a schematic diagram of a chat window before a first user terminal sends a video sharing invitation message in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an implementation flow of a video playing interaction method implemented by a first user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a chat window in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a chat window after the first user terminal starts playing a video according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process in which a first user terminal instant messaging client obtains corresponding video content from a video server to play in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process of initializing a video playing window by an instant messaging client of a first user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a full screen mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation performed by using a gesture fork to exit from a full screen mode in the full screen mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a chat window after switching to a full screen mode in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a video playing interaction method implemented by a second user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a chat window after the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process in which a second user terminal instant messaging client obtains corresponding video content from a video server to play the video content according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process of initializing a video playing window by an instant messaging client of a first user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14a is a schematic flowchart illustrating an implementation of a video playing interaction method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14b is a schematic diagram illustrating an interaction procedure between a first user terminal and a second user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playing interaction device implemented by a first user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback interaction apparatus implemented by a second user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback interaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a computing device implementing a video playing interaction method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to improve interactivity among users in a video playing process, reduce a large amount of low-quality video comments to shield video pictures, and reduce resource consumption of a user terminal, the embodiment of the invention provides a video playing interaction method, a device, a system, a user terminal and a medium.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the specification, it being understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are merely for illustrating and explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

Fig. 1a is a schematic view of an application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention. The user 10 accesses the message server 31 through the instant messaging client installed in the first user terminal 11, and the user 20 accesses the message server 31 through the instant messaging client installed in the second user terminal 21, so that a communication connection can be established between the user 10 and the user 20 through the message server 31.

The user 10 and the user 20 can obtain their respective user identities after registering with the message server 31 through the registration process, and after adding to each other as a contact, the user 10 and the user 20 can send messages to each other through the chat window. Furthermore, the user 10 may also join a group or discussion group established by itself or by another user, and after joining the discussion group or group, the user 10 may send a message in a chat window of the group or discussion group. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, for convenience of description, a sending end user and a receiving end user are distinguished by a user 10 and a user 20, where the user 10 denotes the sending end user and the user 20 denotes the receiving end user. Accordingly, for convenience of description, in the embodiment of the present invention, a sending end user terminal is referred to as a first user terminal, and a receiving end user terminal is referred to as a second user terminal.

The flow of the message sent by the user 10 to the user 20 is as follows: the user 10 sends a message to be sent to the user 20 to the message server 31 through the instant messaging client, where the message carries user identifiers of the user 10 and the user 20, the message server 31 searches the user terminal 21 where the user 20 currently logs in according to the identifier of the user 20, and sends the message to be sent to the instant messaging client installed in the user terminal 21, and the message to be sent is presented to the user 20 by the instant messaging client. Wherein, the user 10 inputs the message to be sent through the chat window provided by the instant messaging client, and the user 20 receives the message sent by the user 10 through the chat window provided by the instant messaging client.

The message flow sent by the user 10 in the joined group or discussion group is as follows: the user 10 sends a message to be sent to the message server 31 through the instant messaging client, wherein the message carries the user 10 and the group identifier, the message server 31 searches the user identifier included in the group according to the group identifier, and presents the user identifier to the instant messaging client installed in the corresponding terminal according to the terminal identifier of the user identifier currently logged in to the user terminal, and the instant messaging client presents the user identifier to the corresponding group user. The user 10 inputs a message to be sent through a chat window provided by the instant messaging client, and the group user receives the message sent by the user 10 through the chat window provided by the instant messaging client.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to implement video resource sharing, the instant messaging client needs to be able to access the video server 32, the video server 32 provides an access interface, and the instant messaging client can access the video server 32 through the access interface. Meanwhile, the video server 32 provides a play list with access to video resources to the instant messaging client, when the user 10 needs to share a certain video resource with the group user or a single user, the user selects the group or the single user, and enters a chat window, as shown in fig. 1b, the user clicks the "+" icon, selects "watch together" to enter a video resource selection page, and the user 10 selects a video desired to be shared, and clicks to initiate. At this time, the instant messaging client is triggered to send a video sharing invitation message to other group users.

The

user terminals

11 and 21, the message server 31 and the video server 32 are communicatively connected through a network, which may be a local area network, a wide area network, or the like. The user terminal 11 may be a portable device (e.g., a mobile phone, a tablet, a notebook Computer, etc.) or a Personal Computer (PC).

In the following, in conjunction with the application scenario of fig. 1a, a video playing sharing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to fig. 2 to fig. 14 b. It should be noted that the above application scenarios are only presented to facilitate understanding of the spirit and principle of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited in this respect. Rather, embodiments of the present invention may be applied to any scenario where applicable.

As shown in fig. 2, which is a schematic implementation flow diagram of a video playing interaction method implemented by a first user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method may include the following steps:

s21, the first user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message input by the user through the chat window.

The video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos together.

In this step, when the user 10 wishes to view a video together with any user of the group user or the contact, the user 10 may open a group chat window or a chat window with a certain user, as shown in fig. 1b, click the "+" icon, select "view together" to enter a video resource selection page, and select a video resource that the user 10 wishes to view together from the video resource list.

And S22, the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal.

In specific implementation, after the first user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user in the chat window, the method may further include the following steps: and the first user terminal displays the video playing window as the chat background of the chat window.

After the user selects the video resource that the user wishes to share, the instant messaging client replaces the chat background of the chat window with a video playback window, wherein the video playback window is positioned below the chat message window, so that messages sent or received by the user 10 in the chat message window can be displayed on the video playback window. As shown in fig. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the position relationship between the chat message window and the video playing window, if the user invokes the typing keyboard during the video playing process, the typing keyboard is located above the message chat layer. And then, the first user terminal acquires corresponding video content from the video server according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window. It should be noted that the chat message window and the video playing window can be different layers or sub-windows in the chat window.

In this step, the first user terminal obtains corresponding video content from the video playing server according to the video playing link and starts playing the video in the video playing window. In a specific implementation, on the chat window of the first user terminal, the video playing window may be set on top of the chat window, and at the moment of setting the top of the video playing window, the chat messages (if any) in the chat message window are moved to below the bottom ordinate of the video playing window. The video structural information of the selected video resource is folded into a line to be displayed in the chat message window, and the displayed content comprises a video title and a playing state.

As shown in fig. 4, it is a schematic diagram of a chat window after the first user terminal starts playing the video. The upper part of the chat window is a title bar 41, the lower part is a comment box 42, the middle part comprises a chat message window 44 and a video playing window 45, wherein the areas contained in the chat message window 44 and the video playing window 45 are overlapped. On the left side of the chat window is a navigation bar.

In specific implementation, the first user terminal may obtain corresponding video content from the video server according to the video playing link and according to the flow shown in fig. 5 to play:

and S51, initializing a video playing window.

S52, corresponding video content is obtained from the video server according to the video playing link, and video playing is started in the video playing window.

In step S51, the first user terminal may initialize the video playing window according to the process shown in fig. 6:

and S61, determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position information of the title bar contained in the chat window.

In this step, the instant messaging client may determine the ordinate of the position information at the bottom of the title bar according to the display height of the title bar included in the chat window.

S62, determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window.

In this step, the instant client initializes the video playing window by using the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the title bar as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window.

And S63, determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window.

In a specific implementation, the chat window width is the width of the display screen minus the width of the navigation bar. The height of the video playing window can be determined according to the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window, so that the size of the video playing window is obtained, generally, the width-to-height ratio of the playing window can be set to 16.

And S64, determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window.

In this step, the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing serial port can be determined according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the height of the video playing window determined in step S62.

And S65, initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

And at this point, the first user terminal chat window finishes playing the shared video.

In the process of playing the video, the user can receive the chat messages sent by the group user or the opposite-end user or the user can input the chat messages through the chat message window, for example, each user in the group can input the comment messages of watching the video by himself in the chat message window or reply comments issued by other users to interact with other users in the group, and the chat messages sent or received by the user are displayed through the chat message window.

Based on this, the video playing interaction method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps: receiving a chat message sent by the chat object after the video playing is started or the chat message input by the user through a chat message window; and displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by the user in the chat message window.

In specific implementation, in the video playing process, a user can control the video playing through various control instructions. For example, the user may further expand the top-set video playing window to a full-screen mode by sending a "full-screen" message instruction, as shown in fig. 7, which is a schematic diagram of the full-screen mode. The control instruction may also include a voice control instruction, for example, if the user inputs a "full screen" voice control instruction through a microphone, the top-located video playing window may also be further expanded to a full screen mode, and the control instruction may also be a gesture control instruction, for example, if the user performs an operation of opening two fingers from being closed to both sides in the chat window, the operation may also be recognized as a full screen control instruction by the instant messaging client, and the operation of further expanding the top-located video playing window to a full screen mode is performed. In a full-screen state, a video playing window fills up the whole display screen, and meanwhile, a message chat layer is reserved, so that a user can still see messages newly sent by other users, and the sound is controlled by hardware. If the user needs to input a comment message or respond to a message sent by other users, a voice control can be used to input the message or the full screen state is exited, and a typing keyboard is called to input a text message.

In specific implementation, the text control instruction, the voice control instruction and the gesture control instruction can be predefined, so that the instant messaging client identifies the control instruction input by the user in the video playing process, and executes the control instruction according to the predefined operation corresponding to the control instruction. For example, a text control command and a voice control command "exit full screen" may be defined to perform the returning of the video playback window in full screen mode (fig. 7) to the set-top state (fig. 4), and a gesture fork may be defined to perform the returning of the video playback window in full screen mode to the set-top state in full screen mode, as shown in fig. 8. After exiting full screen mode, the video is still continuously playing in the chat window.

In specific implementation, for a gesture operation instruction, a gesture response area layer needs to be added to the chat window, and the gesture response area layer is located above the chat message window to detect a gesture operation of the user, as shown in fig. 9.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, since video sharing playing is adopted, in specific implementation, users (including a sending end user and a receiving end user) cannot control a video playing progress through any instruction, when a user joins video sharing playing, an instant messaging client starts playing a video from a current video playing time point of a shared video, for example, after the sending end user sends a video sharing invitation message, a group user 1 receives the invitation message and clicks to start playing the video, and the instant messaging client may obtain a playing time point of the sending end user playing the video from a video server, and start playing the video for the group user 1 from the obtained playing time point. Therefore, the time synchronization of the video watched by the users can be ensured, and the users can discuss and interact according to the played video content.

Correspondingly, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a video playing interaction method implemented by the second user terminal, and as shown in fig. 10, the second user terminal may implement the video playing interaction method according to the flow shown in fig. 10:

s101, a second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by a first user terminal through a chat window, wherein the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link.

In specific implementation, the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window.

And S102, displaying the video sharing invitation message on a chat window of the second user terminal.

As shown in fig. 11, which is a schematic view of a chat window after the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message, if the first user terminal user sends a chat message, the chat message window in the chat window displays the chat message sent by the first user terminal user.

S103, the second user terminal plays the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

In this step, if the user determines to receive the invitation and agrees to share the video, that is, the user agrees to watch the video together with the first user terminal user, the video is clicked to start playing, and the second user terminal is triggered to display the chat background of the chat window as a video playing window. After the second user terminal starts playing the video, the structure of the chat window of the second user terminal is the same as that of the chat window of the first user terminal, and the schematic view of the chat window of the second user terminal may refer to fig. 3, which is not described herein again.

In specific implementation, in step S103, if the user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window; and the second user terminal acquires corresponding video content from a video server according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

Specifically, the second user terminal obtains corresponding video content from the video playing server according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window. In a specific implementation, the video playing window can be set on the top of the chat window on the chat window of the second user terminal, and the chat messages (if any) in the chat message window are moved to be below the bottom ordinate of the video playing window at the moment of setting the top of the video playing window.

Preferably, in order to ensure synchronization of video playing by the second user terminal and the first user terminal, and facilitate discussion of video content between users participating in video sharing, before step S104 is executed, the second user terminal may further obtain a playing time point of the video playing by the first user terminal from the video server, so that, in step S104, the second user terminal may obtain, according to the video playing link, a video content starting from the playing time point from the video server and start playing the video in the video playing window. Therefore, the synchronization of the first user terminal and the second user terminal for playing the video is ensured.

Similar to the first user terminal, in step S104, the second user terminal may obtain the corresponding video content from the video server according to the video playing link to play according to the flow shown in fig. 12:

and S121, initializing a video playing window.

And S122, acquiring corresponding video content from a video server according to the video playing link, and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

In step S121, the second user terminal may initialize the video playing window according to the process shown in fig. 13:

s131, determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position information of the title bar contained in the chat window.

S132, determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window.

S133, determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the width-height ratio of the preset playing window.

S134, determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window.

In this step, according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the height of the video playing window determined in step S62, the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing serial port can be determined.

And S135, initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

In the process of playing the video, the user can receive the chat message sent by the group user or the opposite-end user or the user can input the chat message through the chat message window, for example, each user in the group can input the comment message of watching the video by himself in the chat message window or reply the comments made by other users to interact with other users in the group, and the chat message sent or received by the user is displayed through the chat message window.

Based on this, the video playing interaction method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps: receiving a chat message sent by a first user terminal or a chat message input by a user through a chat message window; and displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by the user in the chat message window.

In specific implementation, in the video playing process, a user can control the video playing through various control instructions. For example, the user may further expand the top-positioned video playing window to a full-screen mode by sending a "full-screen" message instruction, as shown in fig. 7, which is a schematic diagram in the full-screen mode. The control instruction may further include a voice control instruction, for example, if the user inputs a "full screen" voice control instruction through a microphone, the top-located video playing window may also be further expanded to a full screen mode, and the control instruction may also be a gesture control instruction, for example, if the user performs an operation of opening two fingers from being closed to both sides in the chat window, the operation may also be recognized as a full screen control instruction by the instant messaging client, and the operation of further expanding the top-located video playing window to a full screen mode is performed. For example, a text control command and a voice control command "exit full screen" may be defined to perform the returning of the video playback window in full screen mode (fig. 7) to the set-top state (fig. 4), and a gesture fork may be defined to perform the returning of the video playback window in full screen mode to the set-top state in full screen mode, as shown in fig. 8.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 14a, which is a schematic implementation flow diagram of the video playing interaction method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the method may include the following steps:

s1401, the first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by the first user in a chat window.

The video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos;

s1402, the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal.

S1403, the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window, and the video sharing invitation message is displayed on the chat window.

And S1404, the second user terminal receives the selection of the second user for the video sharing invitation message.

S1405, the second user terminal plays the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user.

determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-height ratio of the playing window; and

Optionally, the video playing interaction method further includes:

and the any user terminal displays the received chat message or the chat message input by the any user in the chat message window or controls video playing according to the video playing instruction.

For better understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, a specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to an interaction flow between a first user terminal and a second user terminal, for convenience of description, the following description takes the first user terminal as the first user terminal and the second user terminal as an example, and for convenience of differentiation, in the embodiment of the present invention, an instant messaging client installed in the first user terminal is referred to as a first instant messaging client, and an instant messaging client installed in the second user terminal is referred to as a second instant messaging client, as shown in fig. 14b, the following steps may be included:

s141, the first instant messaging client installed in the first user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message input by the user through the chat window.

And the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link. In this step, when wishing to view a video with any one of the group users or the contacts, the group chat window or the chat window with a certain user may be opened, as shown in fig. 1b, the "+" icon is clicked, and the user 10 selects "view together" to enter the video resource selection page, and selects a video resource that the user wishes to view together from the video resource list.

And S142, the first instant messaging client displays the chat background of the chat window as a video playing window.

Wherein the video playing window is positioned below the chat message window.

And S143, the first instant messaging client acquires corresponding video content from the video server according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

And S144, the first instant messaging client sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal.

In this step, after receiving a video sharing invitation message submitted by a user, a first instant messaging client sends the video sharing invitation message to a message server, where the video sharing invitation message carries a group identifier or a single user identifier, and the message server searches for a user identifier included in a corresponding group according to the group identifier, determines a user terminal identifier currently logged in by the corresponding user according to the searched user identifier, and sends the video sharing invitation message to a second instant messaging client installed in a corresponding second user terminal according to the searched user terminal identifier.

Similarly, if the user invites a single user to share the video, the message server directly searches the user terminal identifier of the corresponding user currently logged in according to the user identifier carried in the video sharing invitation message, and sends the video sharing invitation message to the second instant messaging installed in the corresponding second user terminal according to the searched user terminal identifier.

It should be noted that, in the specific implementation, there is no certain sequential execution order among step S142, step S143, and step S141, and step S144 may be executed prior to step S142 and step S143, or may be executed simultaneously with step S142 and step S143.

S145, the second instant messaging client installed in the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window.

And S146, the second instant messaging client displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window.

And S147, when receiving the instruction of starting to play the video, the second instant messaging client displays the chat background of the chat window as a video playing window.

S148, the second instant messaging client acquires the video playing time point of the first instant client from the video server.

And S149, the second instant messaging client acquires the video content starting from the playing time point from the video server according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

In the video playing interaction method provided by the embodiment of the invention, at a first user terminal, a video sharing invitation message is sent through a chat message window of a chat window, the background of the chat window is used as the video playing window for displaying, and corresponding video content is obtained from a video server according to a video playing link carried in the video sharing invitation message and is played in the video playing window, because the chat message window is positioned on the video playing window, the two are independent from each other, thus, the users can send messages to each other through the chat message window without influencing the video playing, on the other hand, because the chat window is usually a group or a discussion group added by the users or a contact person actively selected by the users, usually a user instant communication contact person, the video sharing realized by the method is only a few shared comments between the users and friends, the interactivity during video watching is increased, and the problem that the video playing is shielded by a large amount of video comment information suddenly at a specific time point can be avoided, and the CPU resource cost of the user terminal is increased.

At the second user terminal, after receiving the video sharing invitation message through the chat window, if the user selects to play the video, the background of the chat window is used as the video playing window to be displayed, and corresponding video content is requested to the video playing server to be played at the video playing window according to the video playing link carried in the video sharing invitation message, and the chat window is similar to the first user terminal.

Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present invention further provide a video playing and sharing device implemented by a first user terminal and a second user terminal, respectively, and as the principle of solving the problem of the device is similar to the video playing method implemented by the first user terminal and the second user terminal, the implementation of the device may refer to the implementation of the method, and repeated details are omitted.

As shown in fig. 15, a schematic structural diagram of a video playing and sharing device implemented by a first user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include:

a receiving unit 151, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message input by a user through a chat window, where the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, and the video sharing invitation message is used to invite at least one other user terminal joining a current chat to watch a video together;

a sending unit 152, configured to send the video sharing invitation message to the at least one other user terminal.

Optionally, the video playing unit includes:

the second determination module is used for determining that the vertical coordinate is the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window;

and the response unit is used for displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by any user in the chat message window or controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

For convenience of description, the above parts are described separately as modules (or units) according to functions. Of course, the functionality of the various modules (or units) may be implemented in the same or in multiple pieces of software or hardware in the practice of the invention.

As shown in fig. 16, a schematic structural diagram of a video playing interaction apparatus implemented by a second user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

a receiving unit 161, configured to receive, through a chat window, a video sharing invitation message sent by another user terminal, where the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link;

a display unit 162 for displaying the video sharing invitation message on the chat window;

and a video playing unit 163 for playing a video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain, at the video playing unit, corresponding video content according to the video playing link, and obtain a playing time point at which the other user terminals play the video before the video playing window starts to play the video; and according to the video playing link, acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

As shown in fig. 17, which is a schematic structural diagram of a video playing interactive system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the video playing interactive system includes a first user terminal 171 and at least one second user terminal 172, where:

the first user terminal 171 is configured to receive a video sharing invitation message input by a first user in a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal 172 joining the current chat to watch a video; and sending the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal 172;

the second user terminal 172 is configured to receive the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal 171 through a chat window, and display the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; receiving a selection of a second user for a video sharing invitation message; and playing the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user.

Optionally, the first user terminal 171 is further configured to, after the chat window receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user, display the video playing window as a chat background of the chat window by the first user terminal 171; the first user terminal 171 obtains the corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the second user terminal 172 is specifically configured to, if the second user agrees to share the video, display a video playing window as a chat background of the chat window by the second user terminal 172; the second user terminal 172 obtains corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts playing video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the first user terminal 171 or the second user terminal 172 is specifically configured to determine a vertical coordinate of bottom position information of a title bar included in the chat window; determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window; determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-height ratio of the playing window; determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window; and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the second user terminal 172 is further configured to obtain a playing time point of the video played by the first user terminal 171 before the video starts to be played in the video playing window according to the video playing link; and acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link, and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the first user terminal 171 or the second user terminal 172 is further configured to send a chat message to another user terminal or receive a chat message from another user terminal or receive a video playing control instruction in a video playing process; and displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by any user in the chat message window or controlling video playing according to the video playing instruction.

As shown in fig. 18, which is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal includes:

a first receiving unit 181, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message input by a user in a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one other user terminal joining the current chat to watch the video;

a sending unit 182, configured to send the video sharing invitation message to the at least one other user terminal;

a second receiving unit 183, configured to receive a video sharing invitation message sent by another user terminal, and display the video sharing invitation message in the chat window;

a third receiving unit 184, configured to receive a selection of a user for the video sharing invitation message;

a video playing unit 185 for playing a video according to the video sharing invitation message and the user's selection.

Optionally, the video playing unit 185 is further configured to, after the first receiving unit receives, in a chat window, a video sharing invitation message input by a first user, display the video playing window as a chat background of the chat window; acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play a video in the video playing window; or if the user agrees to share the video, displaying the video playing window as the chat background of the chat window; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the video playing unit 185 is specifically configured to determine an ordinate of bottom position information of a title bar included in the chat window; determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of the video playing window; determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the preset width-to-height ratio of the playing window; determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window; and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

Optionally, the user terminal further includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a playing time point when the other user terminal plays the video before the video playing unit 185 starts playing the video in the video playing window according to the video playing link; and acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link, and starting to play the video in the video playing window.

Optionally, the user terminal further includes:

Having described the video playback interaction method and apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a computing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described next.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or program product. Accordingly, various aspects of the present invention may be embodied in the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" system.

In some possible embodiments, a computing device according to the present invention may include at least one processing unit, and at least one memory unit. Wherein the storage unit stores program code, which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to perform the steps of the video playing sharing method according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described above in this specification. For example, the processing unit may execute step S21, as shown in fig. 2, in which the first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by the user through the chat window, and step S22, in which the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal. Or, the processing unit may execute step S101 shown in fig. 10, where the second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through a chat window, where the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, step S102, displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window of the second user terminal, and step S103, where the second user terminal plays a video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

The computing device 190 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 19. The computing device 190 shown in fig. 19 is only an example and should not impose any limitation on the scope of use or functionality of embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 19, computing device 190 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. Components of computing device 190 may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 191, the at least one memory unit 192, and a bus 193 that couples various system components including the memory unit 192 and the processing unit 191.

Bus 193 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, a processor, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The storage unit 192 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) 1921 and/or cache memory 1922, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 1923.

Storage unit 192 may also include a program/utility 1925 having a set (at least one) of program modules 1924, such program modules 1924 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

Computing device 190 may also communicate with one or more external devices 194 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, etc.), as well as with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computing device 190, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable computing device 190 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur through input/output (I/O) interface 195. Moreover, computing device 190 may also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the internet) through network adapter 196. As shown, network adapter 196 communicates with other modules for computing device 190 over bus 193. It should be understood that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with computing device 190, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

In some possible embodiments, the aspects of the video playing sharing method provided by the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product, which includes program code for causing a computer device to execute the steps in the video playing sharing method according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described above in this specification when the program product runs on the computer device, for example, the computer device may execute step S21 shown in fig. 2, where the first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a user through a chat window, and step S22, where the first user terminal sends the video sharing invitation message to the at least one second user terminal. Or, the processing unit may execute step S101 shown in fig. 10, where the second user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through a chat window, where the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link, step S102, displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window of the second user terminal, and step S103, where the second user terminal plays a video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the user.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The program product for video playback sharing of embodiments of the present invention may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and may be run on a computing device. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

A readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable signal medium may be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In situations involving remote computing devices, the remote computing devices may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to external computing devices (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several units or sub-units of the apparatus are mentioned, such a division is merely exemplary and not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functions of two or more of the units described above may be embodied in one unit, according to embodiments of the invention. Conversely, the features and functions of one unit described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of units.

Moreover, while the operations of the method of the invention are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this does not require or imply that the operations must be performed in this particular order, or that all of the illustrated operations must be performed, to achieve desirable results. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step execution, and/or one step broken down into multiple step executions.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A video playing interaction method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a first user at a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos, wherein the chat window is a chat window corresponding to a group to which the first user and the second user belong together, the video sharing invitation message is triggered by selecting the shared videos after the first user enters the chat window, and the videos comprise member videos;

the second user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window and displays the video sharing invitation message on the chat window;

if the second user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays a second video playing window in the chat window on the chat window as a chat background of the chat window; or, if the second user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays the second video playing window on the top of the chat window, and moves the chat message to be below the bottom ordinate of the second video playing window at the moment of the second user terminal moving the second video playing window to the top of the chat window under the condition that the chat message window in the chat window includes the chat message;

and the second user terminal acquires corresponding video content according to the video playing link, starts playing the video in the second video playing window, and displays a video title and a playing state of the video in the chat message window instead of the video sharing invitation message, wherein the area occupied by the video title and the playing state is smaller than the area occupied by the video sharing invitation message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the first user terminal receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user at the chat window, further comprising:

the first user terminal displays a first video playing window as a chat background of the chat window;

and the first user terminal acquires corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starts playing the video in the first video playing window.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the video playback windows are initialized, the video playback windows comprising a first video playback window and the second video playback window, according to the following method:

determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the width-height ratio of a preset playing window; and

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second user terminal obtains the corresponding video content according to the video playing link, and before the second video playing window starts playing the video, the method further comprises:

and the second user terminal acquires the video content starting from the playing time point according to the video playing link and starts to play the video in the second video playing window.

5. The method of any of claims 1, 2 or 4, further comprising:

any user terminal sends the chat message to other user terminals or receives the chat message from other user terminals or receives a video playing control instruction in the video playing process;

and the any user terminal displays the received chat message or the chat message input by the any user in the chat message window or controls the video playing according to the video playing instruction.

6. A video playing interactive system, comprising a first user terminal and at least one second user terminal, wherein:

the first user terminal is used for receiving a video sharing invitation message input by a first user in a chat window; the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting the at least one second user terminal joining the current chat to watch videos; sending the video sharing invitation message to at least one second user terminal, wherein the chat window is a chat window corresponding to a group to which the first user and the second user belong together, the video sharing invitation message is triggered by selecting the shared video after the first user enters the chat window, and the video comprises a member video;

the second user terminal is configured to receive the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window, and display the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; receiving a selection of the second user for the video sharing invitation message; and playing the video according to the video sharing invitation message and the selection of the second user;

the second user terminal is specifically configured to, if the second user agrees to share the video, display, by the second user terminal, a second video playing window in the chat window on the chat window as a chat background of the chat window; or, if the second user agrees to share the video, the second user terminal displays the second video playing window on the top of the chat window, and moves the chat message to be below the bottom ordinate of the second video playing window at the moment when the second user terminal places the second video playing window on the top under the condition that the chat message window in the chat window includes the chat message; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link, starting to play the video in the second video playing window, and displaying a video title and a playing state of the video in the chat message window instead of the video sharing invitation message, wherein the area occupied by the video title and the playing state is smaller than the area occupied by the video sharing invitation message.

7. The system of claim 6,

the first user terminal is further configured to display a first video playing window as a chat background of the chat window after the chat window receives the video sharing invitation message input by the first user; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link and starting to play the video in the first video playing window.

8. The system of claim 6 or 7,

the first user terminal or the second user terminal is specifically used for determining a vertical coordinate of bottom position information of a title bar contained in the chat window; determining the vertical coordinate as the vertical coordinate of the top position of a video playing window, wherein the video playing window comprises a first video playing window and a second video playing window; determining the size of the video playing window according to the width of the chat window and the width-height ratio of a preset playing window; determining the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window according to the determined vertical coordinate of the top position and the size of the video playing window; and initializing the video playing window according to the vertical coordinate of the top position and the vertical coordinate of the bottom position of the video playing window.

9. The system of claim 7,

the second user terminal is further configured to acquire a playing time point at which the first user terminal plays the video before the video starts to be played in the second video playing window according to the video playing link; and according to the video playing link, acquiring the video content starting from the playing time point, and starting to play the video in the second video playing window.

10. The system according to any one of claims 6, 7, and 9,

the first user terminal or the second user terminal is further configured to send the chat message to another user terminal or receive the chat message from another user terminal or receive a video playing control instruction in a video playing process; and displaying the received chat message or the chat message input by any user in the chat message window or controlling the video playing according to the video playing instruction.

11. A user terminal, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send the video sharing invitation message to the at least one other user terminal, where the chat window is a chat window corresponding to a group to which the user and the other user belong together, the video sharing invitation message is triggered by selecting the shared video after the user enters the chat window, and the video includes a member video;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive the video sharing invitation message sent by another user terminal, and display the video sharing invitation message in the chat window;

a third receiving unit, configured to receive a selection of the video sharing invitation message by the other user;

a video playing unit, configured to display a second video playing window in the chat window as a chat background of the chat window on the chat window if the other users agree to share the video; or, if the other user agrees to share the video, the other user terminal displays the second video playing window on the top of the chat window, and moves the chat message to be below the bottom ordinate of the second video playing window at the moment of placing the second video playing window on the top under the condition that the chat message window in the chat window comprises the chat message; and acquiring corresponding video content according to the video playing link, starting to play the video in the second video playing window, and displaying a video title and a playing state of the video in the chat message window instead of the video sharing invitation message, wherein the area occupied by the video title and the playing state is smaller than the area occupied by the video sharing invitation message.

12. A video playing interaction method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a first user terminal receives a video sharing invitation message input by a first user through a chat window, wherein the video sharing invitation message carries a video playing link and is used for inviting at least one second user terminal joining in the current chat to watch a video together, the chat window is a chat window corresponding to a group to which the first user and the second user belong together, the video sharing invitation message is triggered by selecting the shared video after the first user enters the chat window, and the video comprises a member video;

the second user terminal is used for receiving the video sharing invitation message sent by the first user terminal through the chat window and displaying the video sharing invitation message on the chat window; receiving a selection of the second user for the video sharing invitation message;

the second user terminal is further configured to display a second video playing window in the chat window on the chat window as a chat background of the chat window if the second user agrees to share the video; or the second user terminal is further configured to, if the second user agrees to share the video, perform top-setting display on the chat window for the second video playing window, and move the chat message to be below the bottom ordinate of the second video playing window at the moment of setting the second video playing window at the top under the condition that the chat message window in the chat window includes the chat message;

the second user terminal is further configured to obtain corresponding video content according to the video playing link, start to play the video in the second video playing window, and display a video title and a playing state of the video in the chat message window instead of the video sharing invitation message, where an area occupied by the video title and the playing state is smaller than an area occupied by the video sharing invitation message.

13. A computer-readable medium, storing a computer program which is executable by a computing device, when the program is run on the computing device, to cause the computing device to perform the steps of any one of the methods of claims 1 to 6 and/or the steps of the method of claim 12.