Systems and methods for providing and updating live-streaming online content in an interactive web platform

• US 10,198,152 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, Gabriel A., Sekoff, Roy, Semel, Mitchell R., Pontin, Kim-Leigh, Denenberg, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuyetlien T
• Application Number:
  US13/735,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,220 Days
• Field of Search: 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing live-streaming online content, including video segments married with related online information in a single online platform. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos having a sequential order to display in a web browser and publishing the videos in the web browser. The method further includes determining online data that relates to each video in the series and displaying the related data in the web browser. Further, the method includes playing the videos in the web browser in a sequential order and updating the data that relates to a video while the video is playing in real-time. The related data may include user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

Claims

1. A method for providing live-streaming online content, the method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor operating a content management system, a series of videos to display in a browser, the series of videos having a sequential order;

encoding the series of videos with metadata that instructs the content management system when to update various fields and when to start and stop a video in the series of videos;

determining, using the at least one processor, data related to each video in the series of videos;

displaying, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos with the related data;

playing, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order according to the encoded metadata;

receiving at the browser, gestural inputs to advance between videos in the series of videos and between segments within videos;

searching, during the playing of a first video, online content for a set of update data related to the first video, the set of update data being generated after the playing of the first video starts and verified for accuracy; and

displaying, in the browser, and in response to the verification of accuracy, the set of update data concurrently in time while the first video is playing without refreshing the browser;

wherein the verification of accuracy includes at least one of;

fact-checking, monitoring accuracy of comments, and searching for supporting sources on the internet that relate to the comments or that verify or disprove the comments.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of update data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video and the set of update data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, in the browser, access to any supporting sources that verify or disprove the comments.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the browser exists in an application device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an alert when a first video in the series has ended and a second video in the series has begun.

8. A system for providing live-streaming online content, comprising:

a processor operating a content management system;

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor operating the content management system, cause the system to;

generate a series of videos to display in a browser, the series of videos having a sequential order;

encode the series of videos with metadata that instructs the content management system when to update various fields and when to start and stop a video in the series of videos;

determine data related to each video in the series of videos;

display, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos with the related data;

play, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order according to the encoded metadata;

receiving at the browser, gestural inputs to advance between videos in the series of videos and between segments within videos;

search, during the playing of a first video, online content for a set of update data related to the first video, the set of update data being generated after the playing of the first video starts and verified for accuracy; and

display, in the browser, and in response to the verification of accuracy, the set of update data concurrently in time while the first video is playing without refreshing the browser, wherein the verification of accuracy includes at least one of;

fact-checking, monitoring accuracy of comments, and searching for supporting sources on the internet that relate to the comments or that verify or disprove the comments.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the set of update data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video and the set of update data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

providing, in the browser, access to any supporting sources that verify or disprove the comments.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the browser exists in an application device.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:

send an alert when a first video in the series has ended and a second video in the series has begun.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for providing live-streaming online content, the instructions, when executed causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor at a first system operating a content management system, a series of videos to display in a browser of an application device, the series of videos having a sequential order;

encoding the series of videos with metadata that instructs the content management system when to update various fields and when to start and stop a video in the series of videos;

determining, using the at least one processor, data related to each video in the series of videos;

displaying, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos with the related data;

playing, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order according to the encoded metadata;

receiving, at the browser, gestural inputs to advance between videos in the series of videos and between segments within videos;

searching, during the playing of a first video, online content for a set of update data related to the first video, the set of update data being generated after the playing of the first video starts and verified for accuracy; and

displaying, in the browser, and in response to the verification of accuracy, the set of update data concurrently in time while the first video is playing without refreshing the browser, wherein the verification of accuracy includes at least one of;

fact-checking, monitoring accuracy of comments, and searching for supporting sources on the internet that relate to the comments or that verify or disprove the comments.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video and the set of update data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the steps of determining and searching are performed using at least one processor at a second system.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the method further comprising:

providing, in the browser, access to any supporting sources that verify or disprove the comments.