US 12,244,902 B2
Video stream playback control method, device, and storage medium
Dongyang Zhao, Beijing (CN); Zixuan Ma, Beijing (CN); and Xin Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,706.
Application 18/540,706 is a continuation of application No. 17/886,848, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,871,083.
Application 18/540,706 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/076703, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010203442.1 (CN), filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187698 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4363 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling video stream playback, comprising:
playing a video stream in a playback region of a mobile display screen, wherein the video stream comprises a plurality of video contents;
displaying a fixed menu bar in a fixed menu bar region of the mobile display screen while playing the video stream in the playback region of the mobile display screen, wherein the fixed menu bar is always displayed on the mobile display screen during playing the video stream, and wherein the fixed menu bar comprises a control configured to control a playback mode of playing the video stream;
in response to detecting a trigger event of the control, switching the playback mode of playing the video stream to an automatic playback mode in which the plurality of video contents in the video stream are automatically played;
automatically playing a video content in the video stream next to a current video content in the video stream based on detecting that the current video content has been played;
wherein the method further comprises:
switching a display location of the fixed menu bar from one side of the mobile display screen to another side of the mobile display screen in response to receiving information indicating that there is a passenger on a co-pilot seat of a vehicle; and
switching the display location of the fixed menu bar back to the one side of the mobile display screen from the another side of the mobile display screen in response to receiving information indicating that there is no passenger on the co-pilot seat of the vehicle.