Google Inc.

Perry Tobin

Damien Kelly

Anil Christopher Kokaram

Andrew Crawford

Neil Birkbeck

Steve Benting

Hugh Denman

Jeremy Doig

Isasi Inguva

An interactive multi-view module identifies a plurality of media items associated with one or more real-world events. Each of the plurality of media items is created by capturing the real-world events from a particular geographic location. The interactive multi-view module determines a geographic position associated with each of the media items and presents the media items in an interactive multi-view player interface based at least on the geographic positions. The interactive multi-view player interface allows a user to switch between of media items, and indicates at least one of a video density indicating a number of media items available at a given point in time or an event highlight indicating a popularity of the media items at a given point in time. The popularity of the respective media items is determined using one or more factors comprising a number of views of the media items at a given point in time.

Multi-view audio and video interactive playback

An interactive multi-view module identifies a plurality of media items associated with a real-world event, each of the plurality of media items comprising a video portion and an audio portion. The interactive multi-view module synchronizes the audio portions of each of the plurality of media items according to a common reference timeline, determines a relative geographic position associated with each of the plurality of media items and presents the plurality of media items in an interactive multi-view player interface based at least on the synchronized audio portions and the relative geographic positions.

A method for providing visual hot watch spots in content item playback on a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes obtaining viewer feedback comprising input associated with a time interval segment of a content item of a content sharing platform, the viewer feedback received from user devices of users of the content sharing platform, determining a score for the time interval segment based on the viewer feedback, modifying a portion of a scrub bar user interface element of a media player presenting the content item by providing a visual indication of the score for the time interval segment corresponding to the portion, and providing a gradual transition between colors at one or more boundaries of the time interval segment, and updating the score and modifying the portion responsive to new viewer feedback received for the time interval segment during playback of the content item.

Visual hot watch spots in content item playback

A method for providing visual hot watch spots in content item playback on a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a processing device of a content sharing platform, a duration of a content item into time interval segments. The method further includes, for each of the time interval segments, determining a score for the time interval segment in view of one or more signals indicating a popularity of the time interval segment to users viewing the content item on the content sharing platform, and providing a visual indication of the score for the time interval segment of the content item in a user interface presenting the content item.

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Perry Tobin