System and method for interactive video content programming
First Claim
1. A method for using an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a video on a visual display, the video having at least one interface link associated therewith, the interface link adapted to be displayed on the visual display and being linked to ancillary content accessible over a network;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content;
interrupting the display of the video at a point in time;
delivering the ancillary content to the visual display for interaction by a user; and
continuing the display of the video from the point in time where the display of the video was interrupted after the interaction by the user.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for interacting with video by displaying one or more interface links associated with video content being displayed, pausing the video content when an interface link is interacted with, allowing the user to view ancillary content the interface link is linked to over a network, and un-pausing the video content after the user elects to continue viewing the video content. In one or more embodiments, the ancillary content may permit e-commerce, display additional video or other images, and/or include links to additional ancillary content. The present invention also includes a method for creating an interactive video.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for using an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a video on a visual display, the video having at least one interface link associated therewith, the interface link adapted to be displayed on the visual display and being linked to ancillary content accessible over a network;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content;
interrupting the display of the video at a point in time;
delivering the ancillary content to the visual display for interaction by a user; and
continuing the display of the video from the point in time where the display of the video was interrupted after the interaction by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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16. A method for using an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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delivering a video over a network to a visual display, the video having at least one interface link associated therewith adapted to be displayed on the visual display, the interface link providing access to ancillary content;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content;
pausing said step of delivering video to the visual display at a point in time;
accessing the ancillary content;
displaying the ancillary content to the visual display for interaction by a user; and
continuing the video delivery from the point in time said video delivery step was paused after the interaction by the user.
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31. A method for displaying an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a video on a visual display, the video having an embedded interface link associated therewith while the video is displayed, the interface link being linked to ancillary content that is accessible over a network;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content; and
displaying the ancillary content to the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for displaying an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a video on a visual display;
displaying an overlaid interface link with the video, the overlaid interface link being displayed through a separate feed from that of the video, the overlaid interface link being linked to ancillary content;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content; and
displaying the ancillary content to the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method for conducting commerce over a network during the display of a video to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a video on a visual display, the video having an interface link associated therewith, the interface link being linked to a commerce site adapted to conduct commerce with the user that is accessible over a network;
interacting with the interface link during the display of the video to access the commerce site;
accessing the commerce site; and
displaying the commerce site on the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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59. A method for creating an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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encoding and storing the video onto a storage medium;
creating a link program adapted to interrupt the delivery of video to a visual display and provide access to ancillary content accessible over a network;
associating the link program with the video;
delivering the video to the visual display; and
displaying the video on the visual display.
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