CN110769284A - Video highlight caching method and related device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for caching wonderful video content. The invention also discloses a video wonderful content cache client and a video wonderful content cache server. The beneficial effect achieved by the present invention is to meet the requirement of reducing the freeze when the user selects to watch the wonderful video content of the video when watching a video with a heat curve through the network. The scheme of the present invention is mainly as follows: the user terminal receives a playback instruction of a video with a heat curve, and then sends a download request of the video and the heat curve to the server of the video. During the process of caching the video, the user terminal can If the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, the client generates a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve, sends a video highlight content cache request to the server, and caches the video highlight content sent by the server.

Description

Video highlight content caching method and related device

technical field

The invention relates to the field of video data processing, and in particular, to a method for caching wonderful video content and a related device.

Background technique

With the acceleration of the pace of social life, users' viewing of videos is also rapidly consuming. Users hope to quickly browse the wonderful content of the video in a short period of time, so as to decide whether to continue watching the video.

In the prior art, in order to quickly locate the wonderful content of different videos in the video, the wonderful content of the video is composed of content fragments of some videos of the video, and the patent application published in China with the application number CN201810943002.2 provides For the calculation method of the heat curve of the video, the heat curve of the content clips of different videos can be obtained according to the calculation method of the heat curve given in this document. The peak part of the heat curve represents the video content of the video. The heat curve can rely on The media player on the client side (such as Xunlei Video) collects different operations of different users on different content segments of the video, and performs preset weighted calculations on these operations to obtain the popularity values of different content segments of the video, and then use the The heat value of the video's content segments is integrated into the video's heat curve.

When a user watches a video with a heat curve through the network, the heat curve will be displayed on the progress bar of the video. Through the combination of the heat curve and the video progress bar, the user can clearly understand the position of the video content of the video on the progress bar, but in the current technology, the videos are played sequentially and only the video clips that are a period of time behind the current video position are cached. , in the process of watching the video, if the user wants to watch the wonderful content of the video, he needs to play at double speed, or manually drag the progress bar to jump directly to the peak of the video's heat curve. When the jump position exceeds the cached video clip behind the current viewing video position, because the video highlights corresponding to the peak part of the video heat curve are not all cached, the video will freeze, which cannot be satisfied. When a user watches a video with a heat curve through the network, it is not necessary to watch the video content of the video without freezing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for caching wonderful video content and a related device, which aims to alleviate the problem that the wonderful video content of the video is stuck when a user watches a video with a heat curve through the network.

To achieve the above purpose, a first aspect of the present invention provides a method for caching wonderful video content, including:

The user terminal receives a video playback instruction, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the video content of the video;

The client sends a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to the server of the video;

The client caches the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and downloads the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request;

During the process of caching the video by the client, the client plays the cached video;

If the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video, the client generates a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve, sends the video highlight content cache request to the server, and caches the video highlight content. The server caches the video highlight content sent according to the video highlight content request.

Optionally, the user terminal generating a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve includes:

The user terminal determines, in the heat curve, a wonderful data range that reflects the wonderful content of the video;

In the wonderful data range, the user terminal determines a target data range that is not included in the cached data range of the video;

The user terminal generates a video highlight content cache request, where the video highlight content cache request includes the target data range.

Optionally, the client sending the video highlight content caching request to the server includes:

When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, the client sends the video highlight content caching requests to the server in a specific order, and the specific order is the corresponding video highlight content caching requests The order in which the video highlights are played on the video.

Optionally, after the client caches the wonderful video content sent by the server according to the video highlight content caching request, the method further includes:

The user terminal determines the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range;

The user terminal generates a video highlight content collection of the video highlight content of the video;

The user terminal plays the video highlights.

Optionally, the user terminal determines in the video according to the exciting data range, the video exciting content corresponding to the exciting data range includes:

The user terminal intercepts the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range; or,

The user terminal marks the video highlight content corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the second aspect of the present invention provides another method for caching wonderful video content, including:

The server receives the cache request for the video and the download request for the heat curve of the video sent by the client, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the wonderful video content of the video;

The server determines the video according to the cache request and determines the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve;

The server sends the video and the heat curve to the client;

During the process of sending the video to the client by the server, the server receives a cache request for wonderful video content generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve;

The server determines the video highlights in the video according to the video highlight content cache request;

The server sends the wonderful video content to the client.

Optionally, the server receiving the video highlight content cache request generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve includes:

The server receives a video highlight content cache request generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve, and the video highlight content cache request includes a range of video data that is determined not to be cached by the client in the wonderful data range. The target data range in , and the wonderful data range is the data range that the user terminal determines in the heat curve to reflect the wonderful content of the video.

Optionally, the server receiving the wonderful content cache request sent by the client includes:

When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, the server receives the video highlight content cache requests sent by the client in a specific order, and the specific order is the corresponding video highlight content cache requests. The order in which the video highlights are played on the video;

Optionally, before the server receives the video cache request and the download request of the video heat curve sent by the client, the method further includes:

The server acquires the popularity feature data of each content segment that constitutes the video, wherein the popularity feature data includes a preset number of popularity tags and the number corresponding to each type of the popularity tags;

The server performs a weighted calculation on the number of the corresponding type of heat marks by using the weights set for each of the heat marks in advance, to obtain the heat value of each of the content segments;

The server draws a popularity curve of the video according to the popularity value of each of the content segments.

In order to achieve the above purpose, a third aspect of the present invention provides a video wonderful content caching client, including:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a playback instruction of a video, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the video content of the video;

a first sending unit, configured to send a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to the server of the video;

a first cache unit, configured to cache the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and download the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request;

a first playing unit, configured to play the cached video in the process of buffering the video at the user end;

a first generating unit, configured to generate a video wonderful content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve if the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video;

a second sending unit, configured to send the video highlight content caching request to the server;

A second cache unit, configured to cache the video highlight content sent by the server according to the video highlight content cache request.

Optionally, when the first generation unit generates a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for;

In the heat curve, determine the wonderful data range that reflects the wonderful content of the video;

In the wonderful data range, determine a target data range not included in the cached data range of the video;

A video highlight content cache request is generated, where the video highlight content cache request includes the target data range.

Optionally, when sending the video highlight content caching request to the server, the second sending unit is specifically configured to:

When there are multiple video highlight content cache requests, send the video highlight content cache requests to the server in a specific order, and the specific order is that the video highlight content corresponding to each of the video highlight content cache requests is in The sequential playback order on the video.

Optionally, the video highlight content caching client further includes:

a first determining unit, configured to determine in the video the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range;

a second generating unit, configured to generate a video highlight content collection of the video highlight content of the video;

The second playing unit is configured to play the video highlights.

Optionally, the first determining unit is specifically used for determining the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range;

Intercept the video highlight content corresponding to the wonderful data range from the video according to the wonderful data range; or,

The video highlight content corresponding to the highlight data range is marked in the video according to the highlight data range.

In order to achieve the above object, the fourth aspect of the present invention provides another video wonderful content caching server, including:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a cache request for a video and a download request for a heat curve of the video, where the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful video content of the video;

a second determining unit, configured to determine the video according to the cache request and determine the heat curve according to the download request;

a third sending unit, configured to send the video according to the cache request of the video and send the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve of the video;

a third receiving unit, configured to receive a video wonderful content cache request generated based on the downloaded heat curve in the process of sending the video;

a third determining unit, configured to determine the wonderful video content in the video according to the video wonderful content cache request;

The fourth sending unit is configured to send the wonderful video content.

Optionally, when the third receiving unit receives the video wonderful content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for:

Receive a video highlight content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, where the video highlight content cache request includes a target in the wonderful data range that is determined not to be included in the video data range that has been cached by the user terminal The data range, where the wonderful data range is the data range that the user terminal determines in the heat curve to reflect the wonderful content of the video.

Optionally, when the third receiving unit receives the video wonderful content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for:

When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, receive the video highlight content cache requests sent in a specific order, and the specific order is that the video highlight content corresponding to each video highlight content cache request is in the video the order of playback;

Optionally, the video highlight content caching server further includes:

an acquisition unit, configured to acquire the hotness feature data of each content segment that constitutes the video, wherein the hotness feature data includes a preset number of hotness marks and the number corresponding to each of the hotness marks;

a calculation unit, configured to perform weighted calculation on the number of the corresponding types of heat marks by using the weights respectively set for each of the heat marks in advance, to obtain the heat value of each of the content segments;

A drawing unit, configured to draw a heat curve of the video according to the heat value of each of the content segments.

In order to achieve the above object, the fifth aspect of the present invention provides another video highlight content caching client, including a memory and a processor, the memory stores a program that can run on the processor, and the program is When executed by the processor, any one of the video highlight content caching methods of the first aspect above is implemented.

In order to achieve the above object, the sixth aspect of the present invention provides another video highlight content caching server, the server includes a memory and a processor, the memory stores a program that can be run on the processor, and the program is When executed by the processor, any one of the video highlight content caching methods of the second aspect above is implemented.

In order to achieve the above object, a seventh aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and the program can be executed by one or more processors to realize the above-mentioned first aspect And the video highlight content caching method according to any one of the second aspect.

In order to achieve the above object, an eighth aspect of the present invention provides a computer program product, comprising computer instructions, when running on a computer, the computer can execute the video highlights described in any one of the first aspect and the second aspect. Content caching method.

The beneficial effects that the present invention can achieve:

In this embodiment of the present invention, by combining the heat curve of the video with the video cache, when the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, the client can cache the video at the peak of the heat curve of the video. When watching a video, the video highlights of the video are stuck.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the network frame diagram of the video wonderful content caching method and related device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of the video wonderful content caching method of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is another schematic flow chart of the video wonderful content caching method of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is another schematic flow chart of the video wonderful content caching method of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a functional module of the video wonderful content caching client according to the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram of a functional module of the video wonderful content cache server of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video wonderful content caching client according to the present invention;

8 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video wonderful content caching server of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video wonderful content caching client according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video highlight content caching server of the present invention.

The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", etc. (if present) in the description and claims of the present invention and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments described herein can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those expressly listed Rather, those steps or units may include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

It should be noted that the descriptions involving "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for the purpose of description, and should not be construed as indicating or implying their relative importance or implying the number of indicated technical features . Thus, a feature delimited with "first", "second" may expressly or implicitly include at least one of that feature. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization by those of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be realized, it should be considered that the combination of such technical solutions does not exist. , is not within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

The present invention provides a method for caching video wonderful content and a related device, which are used to alleviate the problem that when a user watches a video with a heat curve through a network, the video wonderful content of the video is stuck.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a network frame diagram of a method for caching wonderful video content and a related device according to the present invention.

A server 101 , a computer client 102 , a mobile device client 103 and an access network device 104 .

The server 101 is connected to the computer client 102 , and the server 101 is connected to the mobile device client 103 through the access network device 104 . In the embodiment of the present invention, only one computer client 102 is used as an example for description. In practical applications, more computer clients may be connected to the server; similarly, only one mobile device client 103 is used. As an example to illustrate, in practical applications, there may be more mobile device clients connected to the server through the access network device 104, and computer clients and mobile device clients may also exist at the same time.

The computer client and the server, the access network device and the server are generally connected through a wired network, and can also be connected through a wireless network, such as a cellular wireless network, or a WiFi network, or other types of wireless networks. The user terminal of the mobile device and the access network device are generally connected through a wireless network, and can also be connected through a wired network. If it is a wired network connection, the general wired network connection is an optical fiber.

The user terminal mentioned in the present invention refers to a media player, such as Xunlei Video, which can be a media player installed on a computer or a media player installed on a mobile device, which is not specifically limited here.

Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for caching wonderful video content according to the present invention.

201. The user terminal receives a playback instruction of the video, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the wonderful video content of the video;

When the video on the user end has a heat curve, the user end can receive a play instruction for the video with the heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the video's wonderful content of the video.

202. The client sends a video cache request and a heat curve download request to the video server;

After receiving the video playback instruction in step 201, the client will send a cache request for the video and a download request for the heat curve of the video to the server storing the video. The cache and download here refer to the requesting server The corresponding resource is transmitted to the device on the client side.

203. The client caches the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and downloads the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request;

In step 202, after the client sends the cache request of the video and the download request of the heat curve of the video to the server storing the video, the client will receive the video and the heat curve sent by the server of the video.

204. During the process of caching the video by the client, the client plays the cached video;

In the process of caching the video by the client in step 203, because the videos played by the client usually occupy a large storage space, and affected by the network transmission speed between the client and the server, the server transmits the video completely to the client. It takes a certain amount of time. Before the client completes the entire content of the video, it can be called the process of caching the video by the client. The video transmission from the server to the client is generally segmented transmission, that is, the complete video is divided into segments for transmission. After the terminal receives a certain video, it can play the video without waiting for the completion of all transmission of the video.

205. If the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video, the client generates a cache request for the wonderful content of the video based on the downloaded heat curve;

In step 204, when the client side caches the video while playing the cached video, the client side monitors the cache speed of the video and the playback speed of the video. The network transmission environment is good, which can meet the user's normal video playback requirements, and has a certain network transmission capacity. The heat curve of the video is a very small file. In general, the file of this heat curve is easier than the video itself. After the download is complete, the client can find out the wonderful content range of the video indicated by the peak part of the heat curve based on the downloaded heat curve of the video, and generate a cache request for the wonderful content according to the wonderful content range.

206. The client sends a video wonderful content caching request to the server;

After generating the video highlight content caching request in step 205, a video highlight content caching request may be sent to the video server.

207. The client cache server caches the wonderful video content sent by the video wonderful content cache request;

After the client sends the video highlight content request to the server in step 206, it will receive the video highlight content sent by the server according to the video highlight content caching request, and the client terminal can cache the video highlight content.

In the present invention, by combining the video's heat curve with the video's cache, the user end realizes the video cache of the peak part of the video's heat curve when the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, so as to slow down when the user watches the video with the heat curve through the network, Watch the video highlights the problem of freezing.

Referring to FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is another schematic flowchart of a method for caching wonderful video content according to the present invention.

301. The server receives a cache request for a video and a download request for a heat curve of the video sent by the client, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful content of the video;

When a video with a heat curve exists in the video server, the server receives a cache request for the video and a download request for the heat curve of the video.

302. The server determines the video according to the cache request and determines the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve;

After receiving the cache request of the video and the download request of the heat curve of the video in step 301, the server can determine the relationship between the video and the video according to the cache request of the video and the download request of the heat curve of the video. heat curve.

303. The server sends the video and the heat curve to the client;

After the server determines the heat curve of the video and the video in step 302, the server can send the heat curve of the video and the video to the client. Since the storage space occupied by the video is often large, the video transmitted by the server to the client is generally Segmented transmission, that is, dividing the complete video into segments for transmission, the heat curve of the video generally occupies a small storage space, and the storage space occupied by the general heat curve is often relatively small.

304. During the process of the server sending the video to the client, the server receives a cache request for wonderful video content generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve;

In the process of the server sending the video to the client in step 303, the server may receive a video highlight content cache request generated by the heat curve that has been downloaded by the client.

305. The server determines the video exciting content in the video according to the video exciting content caching request;

After receiving the wonderful video content caching request in step 304, the server may determine the video wonderful content of the video in the server according to the video wonderful content caching request;

306. The server sends the wonderful video content to the client.

After the server determines the video highlight content in step 305, the server may send the video highlight content of the video while sending the video to the client.

The server of the present invention can send the video to the user terminal, and also can send the video wonderful content in response to the video wonderful content request, so as to reduce the time when the user watches the video with the heat curve on the user terminal through the network, and the video wonderful content of the video is stuck. The problem.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a method for caching wonderful video content will be described in detail below. FIG. 4 is another schematic flowchart of the method for caching wonderful video content according to the present invention.

401. The server obtains the popularity feature data of each content segment constituting the video;

In order to draw a heat curve for a certain video, the server needs to obtain the heat characteristic data of each content segment that constitutes the video by referring to the method described in the patent application document published in China with the application number CN201810943002.2. The hotness feature data consists of hotness tags and the number corresponding to each hotness tag. In order to obtain this hotness feature data, the video can be divided into multiple content segments according to a certain duration (for example, 30 seconds). The server can be based on Internet media players (for example, Xunlei Video) collects the operations of different users on each content segment when watching the video, and uses different operations as different hot marks, for example, the most played content segment is the most played mark, and the content segment that has been actively expressed is liked. Marking, the content segment that is initiated a comment is used as a comment mark, the content segment that is published as a bullet screen is marked as a bullet screen, and the content segment produced as a short-term frequency is used as a short video mark, etc. The server collects different hot marks of different content segments of the video and the corresponding quantity of each hot mark based on Internet big data, and saves them. The acquisition of the popularity feature data of each content segment constituting the video by the server generally is to acquire the popularity feature data of each content segment constituting the video currently stored by the server.

402. The server weights and calculates the characteristic data of the heat curve to obtain a heat value;

For the hotness feature data of each content segment of the video obtained in step 401, the server uses the pre-set weights for each hotness mark to perform weighted calculation on the number of corresponding types of hotness marks, and then the hotness value of each content segment can be obtained. .

403. The server draws a heat curve;

For the heat value of each content segment of the video obtained in step 402, the heat curve of the video can be obtained by drawing according to the method described in the published application number CN201810943002.2 in China.

404. The client receives a video playback instruction;

The execution of this step is similar to step 201 in FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated here.

405. The client sends a video cache request and a video heat curve download request to the server;

The execution of this step is similar to step 202 in FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated here.

406. The server determines the video and the heat curve;

The execution of this step is similar to step 302 in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

407. The server sends the video and the heat curve of the video to the client;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 303 in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

408. The client caches the video sent by the server, and downloads the heat curve of the video;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 203 in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

409. During the process of caching the video, the client plays the cached video;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 204 in FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated here.

410. The user terminal determines whether the video cache speed is greater than the playback speed. If the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, step 411 is performed, and if the cache speed is less than or equal to the playback speed, step 408 is performed;

In step 409, when the client side caches the video while playing the cached video, the client side can monitor the video cache speed and the video playback speed, and determine whether the video cache speed is greater than the video playback speed. It should be noted that, in this step, the user terminal will always monitor the cache speed and playback speed of the video, or it may be monitored once at a certain period of time, and the specific period is not limited here.

411. The user terminal determines the wonderful data range of the wonderful content of the video;

In the case where the client determines that the cache speed is greater than the playback speed in step 410, and the client has downloaded the heat curve of the video in step 408, the client determines the exciting content data range corresponding to the wonderful content of the video through the peak part of the heat curve .

412. The user terminal determines the target data range within the wonderful data range;

In step 411, the data range of the wonderful content determined by the user terminal is removed, and the data range corresponding to the part of the video content that has been cached is removed, and the target data range corresponding to the range of the uncached wonderful content is determined. The purpose of this step is to remove the previously cached content range. The wonderful content, avoid repeated download, reduce the waste of network resources.

413. The client generates a cache request for wonderful video content;

After obtaining the target data range in step 412, the client may generate a video highlight content cache request including the target data range.

It should be noted that, in practical applications, there may be multiple exciting content cache requests generated by the client in this step, and the multiple exciting content caching requests may be generated based on video clips corresponding to multiple video exciting contents, or may be generated. It is to divide a video highlight content segment into multiple sub-segments according to a certain rule (such as fixed duration or fixed number of frames, etc.), and each sub-segment generates a highlight content cache request, or other wonderful video content generates multiple video highlights. The method for caching requests is not specifically limited here.

414. The client sends a video wonderful content request to the server;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 207 in FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, in practical applications, when there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, the client can send the video highlight content caching requests to the server in a specific order, and the specific order is each The order in which the video highlights corresponding to the video highlight content cache request are played sequentially on the video, which facilitates the user terminal to search and send the highlight video content.

415. The server determines the wonderful content of the video;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 305 in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

416. The server sends the wonderful video content to the client;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 306 in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

417. The client caches the wonderful content of the video;

The execution of this step is similar to that of step 208 in FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated here.

418. The user terminal determines the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range;

After the user end caches the wonderful video content in step 417, it is equivalent to activating the playback function of the wonderful video content on the user end. That is to say, the video wonderful content is determined from the video data cached in step 408 and the video wonderful content data cached in step 417), and the user terminal can cut out the video wonderful content from the cached video data separately, or it can be stored in the cached video data. Mark the wonderful content of the video in the video data of .

419. A collection of wonderful video content generated by the user terminal;

After the video highlight content is determined in step 418, the user terminal may generate a video highlight content collection for the determined video highlight content.

420. The user terminal plays a collection of wonderful video content.

After the user terminal generates the video highlight content collection in step 419, the user terminal can actively or triggered by certain conditions to play the video highlight content collection.

In the present invention, the server can send the video to the client, and also can send the wonderful content of the video in response to the request for the wonderful content of the video. In the case that the video caching speed of the client has enough capacity, the video and the wonderful content of the video can be cached at the same time. Alleviate the problem that when users watch videos with a heat curve on the client side through the network, the video content of the video gets stuck. After the user side realizes the caching of the wonderful video content, the client side can also play the video content independently. , so that users can have an understanding of the wonderful content of the video without being stuck watching the wonderful content of the video.

Referring to FIG. 5 , FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a functional module of a user end for caching wonderful video content according to the present invention.

The first receiving unit 501 is configured to receive a playback instruction of a video, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the video content of the video;

a first sending unit 502, configured to send a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to a server of the video;

a first cache unit 503, configured to cache the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and download the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request;

a first playing unit 504, configured to play the cached video in the process of buffering the video at the client;

A first generating unit 505, configured to generate a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve if the cache speed is greater than the playback speed;

A second sending unit 506, configured to send the video highlight content caching request to the server;

The second cache unit 507 is configured to cache the video highlight content sent by the server according to the video highlight content cache request.

In this embodiment, the operations performed by the video highlight content caching client are similar to those in the foregoing embodiment in FIG. 2 , and details are not described herein again.

In the present invention, by combining the video's heat curve with the video's cache, the user end realizes the video cache of the peak part of the video's heat curve when the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, so as to slow down when the user watches the video with the heat curve through the network, Watch the video highlights the problem of freezing.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video highlight content caching server of the present invention.

A second receiving unit 601, configured to receive a cache request for a video and a download request for a heat curve of the video, where the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful video content of the video;

a second determining unit 602, configured to determine the video according to the cache request and determine the heat curve according to the download request;

A third sending unit 603, configured to send the video according to the cache request of the video and send the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve of the video;

A third receiving unit 604, configured to receive a video highlight content cache request generated based on the downloaded heat curve in the process of sending the video;

A third determining unit 605, configured to determine the wonderful video content in the video according to the video highlight content caching request;

The fourth sending unit 606 is configured to send the wonderful video content.

In this embodiment, the operations performed by the video highlight content caching server are similar to those in the foregoing embodiment in FIG. 3 , and details are not repeated here.

The server of the present invention can send the video to the user terminal, and also can send the video wonderful content in response to the video wonderful content request, so as to reduce the time when the user watches the video with the heat curve on the user terminal through the network, and the video wonderful content of the video is stuck. The problem.

Referring to FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video highlight content caching client according to the present invention.

The first receiving unit 701 is configured to receive a playback instruction of a video, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the video content of the video;

a first sending unit 702, configured to send a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to a server of the video;

a first cache unit 703, configured to cache the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and download the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request;

a first playing unit 704, configured to play the cached video in the process of buffering the video on the client side;

Judging unit 705, for judging whether the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video;

A first generating unit 706, configured to generate a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve if the cache speed is greater than the playback speed;

A second sending unit 707, configured to send the video highlight content caching request to the server;

The second cache unit 708 is configured to cache the video highlight content sent by the server according to the video highlight content cache request.

Optionally, when the first generating unit 706 generates a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for;

In the heat curve, determine the wonderful data range that reflects the wonderful content of the video;

In the wonderful data range, determine a target data range not included in the cached data range of the video;

A video highlight content cache request is generated, where the video highlight content cache request includes the target data range.

Optionally, when sending the video highlight content caching request to the server, the second sending unit 707 is specifically configured to:

When there are multiple video highlight content cache requests, send the video highlight content cache requests to the server in a specific order, and the specific order is that the video highlight content corresponding to each of the video highlight content cache requests is in The sequential playback order on the video.

Optionally, the video highlight content caching client further includes:

a first determining unit 709, configured to determine the video highlight content corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range;

A second generating unit 710, configured to generate a video highlight content collection of the video highlight content of the video;

The second playing unit 711 is configured to play the video highlights.

Optionally, when the first determining unit 709 determines the video highlight content corresponding to the highlight data range in the video according to the highlight data range, it is specifically used for;

Intercepting the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range;

Or mark the video highlight content corresponding to the highlight data range in the video according to the highlight data range.

In this embodiment, the operation performed by the user terminal for caching wonderful video content is similar to the steps performed by the user terminal in the aforementioned FIG. 4 , and details are not repeated here.

In the present invention, by combining the video's heat curve with the video's cache, the user end realizes the video cache of the peak part of the video's heat curve when the cache speed is greater than the playback speed, so as to slow down when the user watches the video with the heat curve through the network, Watch the video highlights the problem of freezing.

Referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video wonderful content cache server of the present invention

A second receiving unit 801, configured to receive a cache request for a video and a download request for a heat curve of the video, where the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful video content of the video;

a second determining unit 802, configured to determine the video according to the cache request and determine the heat curve according to the download request;

A third sending unit 803, configured to send the video according to the cache request of the video and send the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve of the video;

A third receiving unit 804, configured to receive a video highlight content cache request generated based on the downloaded heat curve in the process of sending the video;

A third determining unit 805, configured to determine the wonderful video content in the video according to the video highlight content caching request;

The fourth sending unit 806 is configured to send the wonderful video content.

Optionally, when the third receiving unit 804 receives the video highlight content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for:

Receive a video highlight content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, where the video highlight content cache request includes a target in the wonderful data range that is determined not to be included in the video data range that has been cached by the user terminal The data range, where the wonderful data range is the data range that the user terminal determines in the heat curve to reflect the wonderful content of the video.

Optionally, when the third receiving unit 804 receives the video highlight content cache request generated by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve, it is specifically used for:

When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, receive the video highlight content cache requests sent in a specific order, and the specific order is that the video highlight content corresponding to each video highlight content cache request is in the video the order of playback;

Optionally, the video highlight content caching server further includes:

an acquisition unit 807, configured to acquire the popularity feature data of each content segment constituting the video, wherein the popularity feature data includes a preset number of popularity tags and the corresponding quantity of each type of the popularity tags;

A calculation unit 808, configured to perform weighted calculation on the number of the corresponding type of hotness marks by using the weights set for each of the hotness marks in advance, to obtain the hotness value of each of the content segments;

A drawing unit 809, configured to draw a heat curve of the video according to the heat value of each content segment.

In this embodiment, the operations performed by the video highlight content caching server are similar to the steps performed by the server in the foregoing FIG. 4 , and details are not repeated here.

In the present invention, by combining the heat curve of the video with the cache of the video, the server can send the video to the user terminal and also send the wonderful content of the video in response to the request for the wonderful content of the video, so as to slow down the user from watching the video with the heat curve on the user end through the network. When watching this video, the video highlights are stuck.

Referring to FIG. 9 , FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video highlight content caching client according to the present invention.

The video highlight content caching client 900 may include one or more central processing units (central processing units, CPU) 901 and a memory 905, where one or more application programs or data are stored in the memory 905. Among them, the memory 905 may be volatile storage or persistent storage. The program stored in the memory 905 may include one or more modules, and each module may include a series of instruction operations in the client for caching video highlights. Furthermore, the central processing unit 901 may be configured to communicate with the memory 905 to execute a series of instruction operations in the memory 905 on the video highlight content caching client 900 . The video highlight cache client 900 may also include one or more power supplies 902, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 903, one or more input and output interfaces 904, and/or, one or more operating systems, such as Windows Server, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc. The central processing unit 901 may perform the operations performed by the client in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 4 , and details are not repeated here.

Referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of another functional module of the video highlight content caching server of the present invention.

The video highlight content cache server 1000 may include one or more central processing units (central processing units, CPU) 1001 and a memory 1005, where one or more application programs or data are stored in the memory 1005. Among them, the memory 1005 may be volatile storage or persistent storage. The program stored in the memory 1005 may include one or more modules, and each module may include a series of instruction operations on the video highlight content cache server. Furthermore, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to communicate with the memory 1005 to execute a series of instruction operations in the memory 1005 on the video highlight content caching server 1000 . The video highlight cache server 1000 may also include one or more power supplies 1002, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1003, one or more input and output interfaces 1004, and/or, one or more operating systems, such as Windows Server , Mac OSX, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc. The central processing unit 1001 can perform the operations performed by the server in the foregoing embodiment shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 , and details are not repeated here.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields , are similarly included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

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1. a video wonderful content caching method, is characterized in that, described method comprises: The user terminal receives a video playback instruction, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful data range of the video content of the video; The client sends a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to the server of the video; The client caches the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and downloads the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request; During the process of caching the video by the client, the client plays the cached video; If the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video, the client generates a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve, sends the video highlight content cache request to the server, and caches the video highlight content. The server caches the video highlight content sent according to the video highlight content request. 2. The method for caching wonderful video content according to claim 1, wherein the generation of the video wonderful content caching request by the user terminal based on the downloaded heat curve comprises: The user terminal determines, in the heat curve, a wonderful data range that reflects the wonderful content of the video; In the wonderful data range, the user terminal determines a target data range that is not included in the cached data range of the video; The user terminal generates a video highlight content cache request, where the video highlight content cache request includes the target data range. 3. The wonderful video content caching method according to claim 2, wherein the sending, by the client, the request for caching the wonderful video content to the server comprises: When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, the client sends the video highlight content caching requests to the server in a specific order, and the specific order is the corresponding video highlight content caching requests The order in which the video highlights are played on the video. 4. The wonderful video content caching method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein after the client caches the wonderful video content sent by the server according to the video wonderful content caching request , the method also includes: The user terminal determines the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range; The user terminal generates a video highlight content collection of the video highlight content of the video; The user terminal plays the video highlights. 5. The wonderful video content caching method according to claim 4, wherein the user terminal determines the wonderful video content corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range, comprising: The user terminal intercepts the wonderful content of the video corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range; or, The user terminal marks the video highlight content corresponding to the wonderful data range in the video according to the wonderful data range. 6. A method for caching wonderful video content, wherein the method comprises: The server receives the cache request for the video and the download request for the heat curve of the video sent by the client, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful number range of the video content of the video; The server determines the video according to the cache request and determines the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve; The server sends the video and the heat curve to the client; During the process of sending the video to the client by the server, the server receives a cache request for wonderful video content generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve; The server determines the video highlights in the video according to the video highlight content cache request; The server sends the wonderful video content to the client. 7. The wonderful video content caching method according to claim 6, wherein the server receiving the video wonderful content caching request generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve comprises: The server receives a video highlight content cache request generated by the client based on the downloaded heat curve, and the video highlight content cache request includes a range of video data that is determined not to be cached by the client in the wonderful data range. The target data range in , and the wonderful data range is the data range that the user terminal determines in the heat curve to reflect the wonderful content of the video. 8. The method for caching wonderful video content according to claim 7, wherein receiving, by the server, the request for caching the wonderful content sent by the client comprises: When there are multiple video highlight content caching requests, the server receives the video highlight content cache requests sent by the client in a specific order, and the specific order is the corresponding video highlight content cache requests. The order in which the video highlights are played on the video. 9. The wonderful video content caching method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein, before the server receives a video cache request sent by a client and a download request for a heat curve of the video, the Methods also include: The server acquires the popularity feature data of each content segment that constitutes the video, wherein the popularity feature data includes a preset number of popularity tags and the number corresponding to each type of the popularity tags; The server performs a weighted calculation on the number of the corresponding type of heat marks by using the weights set for each of the heat marks in advance, to obtain the heat value of each of the content segments; The server draws a popularity curve of the video according to the popularity value of each of the content segments. 10. A user terminal for caching wonderful video content, comprising: a first receiving unit, configured to receive a playback instruction of a video, the video has a corresponding heat curve, and the peak part of the heat curve reflects the video content of the video; a first sending unit, configured to send a cache request of the video and a download request of the heat curve to the server of the video; a first cache unit, configured to cache the video sent by the server according to the cache request, and download the heat curve sent by the server according to the download request; a first playing unit, configured to play the cached video in the process of buffering the video at the user end; A judging unit for judging whether the cache speed of the video is greater than the playback speed of the video; a first generating unit, configured to generate a video highlight content cache request based on the downloaded heat curve if the cache speed is greater than the playback speed; a second sending unit, configured to send the video highlight content caching request to the server; A second cache unit, configured to cache the video highlight content sent by the server according to the video highlight content cache request. 11. A video wonderful content caching server, wherein the server comprises: a second receiving unit, configured to receive a cache request for a video and a download request for a heat curve of the video, where the peak part of the heat curve reflects the wonderful video content of the video; a second determining unit, configured to determine the video according to the cache request and determine the heat curve according to the download request; a third sending unit, configured to send the video according to the cache request of the video and send the heat curve according to the download request of the heat curve of the video; a third receiving unit, configured to receive a video wonderful content cache request generated based on the downloaded heat curve in the process of sending the video; a third determining unit, configured to determine the wonderful video content in the video according to the video wonderful content cache request; The fourth sending unit is configured to send the wonderful video content. 12. A video highlight content caching user terminal, characterized in that the user terminal comprises a memory and a processor, and the memory is stored with any of claims 1 to 5 that can run on the processor. a method. 13. A video highlight content caching server, characterized in that the server comprises a memory and a processor, and the memory stores any one of claims 6 to 9 that can run on the processor. method. 14. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and the program can be executed by one or more processors to implement the method according to claims 1 to 9 any method.

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