Digital media asset browsing with audio cues

摘要

Methods, systems and apparatus for image-based browsing through a plurality of digital media assets assisted by media cues are disclosed. The media cues can be provided by playback of short audio segments, referred to as snippets, of the digital media assets being browsed. The digital media assets can be grouped into collections of digital media assets. In one embodiment, as a user browses through digital media assets using visual representations of the collections of digital media assets, media cues can be provided.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
displaying a plurality of images on a display screen, wherein an active region is associated with at least one image of the plurality of images, and wherein at least one media asset is associated with the active region; detecting a user pointing input at the active region; in response to detecting the user pointing input, initiating playback of a media snippet of the at least one digital media asset associated with the active region; and while the media snippet is being played, detecting a user hovering input at the active region, wherein the user hovering input is a prolonged user pointing input; and in response to detecting the user hovering input, initiating extended playback of the digital media asset associated with the active region, wherein extended playback is at least one of:
continued playback of the digital media asset at a point in time in the digital media asset corresponding to the end of the media snippet, orplayback of the digital media asset from the beginning of the digital media asset.