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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

May. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Yang Song, Beijing, CN;

Juncheng Liu, Beijing, CN;

Hao Xu, Beijing, CN;

Jie Li, Beijing, CN;

Baiyu Pan, Beijing, CN;

Ji Wang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract

A play control method includes obtaining a playing state of at least one of a plurality of terminals playing a same video; and controlling a playing progress of at least one of the plurality of terminals when the playing state meets a preset condition. Using the disclosed play control method and apparatus for a plurality of terminals playing a same video, playing synchronization of the plurality of terminals can be maintained under a premise of ensuring that the plurality of terminals do not miss each video segment, so that no communication barrier is resulted due to asynchronous video playing during interactions between users who watch the same video, thus being able to improve user experience.


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