System and method of integrating video content with interactive elements
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1. A client system integrating interactivity with video, the client system comprising:
- a mass storage device;
a download manager retrieving and storing in the mass storage device a first file comprising video content and a second file comprising an interactive element; and
a presentation manager retrieving the first file from mass storage, displaying with a standard media player application video content represented by the first file, retrieving the second file from mass storage, and displaying with a standard media player application the interactive element semi-transparently over the video content.
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Abstract
A client system for integrating interactivity with video includes a mass storage device, a download manager, and a presentation manager. The download manager retrieves and stores in mass storage a first file comprising video content and a second file comprising an interactive element. The presentation manager retrieves the first file, displays video content represented by the first file, retrieves the second file, and displays the interactive elements semi-transparently over the video content. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
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1. A client system integrating interactivity with video, the client system comprising:
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a mass storage device;
a download manager retrieving and storing in the mass storage device a first file comprising video content and a second file comprising an interactive element; and
a presentation manager retrieving the first file from mass storage, displaying with a standard media player application video content represented by the first file, retrieving the second file from mass storage, and displaying with a standard media player application the interactive element semi-transparently over the video content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for integrating interactivity with video, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) retrieving from mass storage a first file;
(b) displaying with a standard media player application video content represented by the first file;
(c) retrieving a second file from mass storage; and
(d) displaying with a standard media player application semi-transparently over the displayed video content an interactive element represented by the second file. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture having embodied thereon computer-readable program means for integrating interactivity with video, the article of manufacture comprising:
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(a) computer-readable program means for retrieving from mass storage a first file;
(b) computer-readable program means for displaying with a standard media player application video content represented by the first file;
(c) computer-readable program means for retrieving a second file from mass storage; and
(d) computer-readable program means for displaying with a standard media player application semi-transparently over the displayed video content an interactive element represented by the second file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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