US 11,943,510 B2
Multimedia playback method, apparatus, terminal, and storage medium
Siyuan Bi, Shenzhen (CN); Ning Jiang, Shenzhen (CN); Lu Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Yiyang Li, Shenzhen (CN); Shaoan Zhen, Shenzhen (CN); Daren Li, Shenzhen (CN); Linhan Cao, Shenzhen (CN); and Tingting Wang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,125.
Application 17/982,125 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/CN2022/082669, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110354687.9 (CN), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073045 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multimedia playback method, performed by a computer device, the multimedia playback method comprising:
playing first multimedia data;
switching from playing the first multimedia data to playing second multimedia data starting from a multimedia frame corresponding to a target starting point in the second multimedia data based on a media switching operation, the second multimedia data comprising multimedia frames corresponding to a plurality of time points, the plurality of time points comprising pre-configured P candidate starting points, the target starting point belonging to the pre-configured P candidate starting points, and P being a positive integer greater than 1; and
switching, during the playing of the second multimedia data, from playing a first multimedia frame in the second multimedia data to playing a multimedia frame corresponding to a new starting point based on a target triggering operation, the first multimedia frame being a multimedia frame in the second multimedia data that is being played at a moment at which the target triggering operation is performed, and the new starting point being a candidate starting point other than the target starting point among the pre-configured P candidate starting points, wherein
the first multimedia data belongs to a first data set;
when the media switching operation comprises a first interaction operation for instructing to perform multimedia switching in a same data set, the second multimedia data is multimedia data in the first data set other than the first multimedia data; and
when the media switching operation comprises a second interaction operation for instructing to perform the multimedia switching in different data sets, the second multimedia data is multimedia data in a second data set, and the second multimedia data is determined according to one or more of a user preference profile of a target user and hot spot information of the second multimedia data.