Method and system to present a preview of video content

• US 20070130602A1
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IAC Search & Media Incorporated (Match Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ask Jeeves, Inc. (IAC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gulli, Antonino, Savona, Antonio, Veri, Mario
• Application Number:
  US11/297,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20070130602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/113
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method and system to preview video content. The system includes a loader to present one or more objects associated with video content, responsive to a search request; a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first object from the one or more objects; and a mode selector to provide the first object in a preview mode.

Claims

1. A method to present content to a user, the method comprising:

presenting one or more objects associated with video content, responsive to a search request;

detecting a pointer positioned over a first object from the one or more objects; and

providing the first object in a preview mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects are video advertisements.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more video advertisements are selected based on characteristics associated with the search request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects are video search results.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the first object in the preview mode includes streaming of video associated with the first object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the first object in the preview mode includes streaming of audio associated with the first object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the first object in the preview mode comprises presenting a higher resolution version of a video stream associated with the first object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the one or more objects associated with video content includes simultaneous streaming of one or more videos.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

responsive to detecting the pointer positioned over the first object, pausing the streaming of a video associated with a second object from the one or more objects.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting the pointer positioned over the second object from the one or more objects; and

providing the second object in the preview mode.

11. A system to present content to a user, the system comprising:

a loader to present one or more objects associated with video content, responsive to a search request;

a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first object from the one or more objects; and

a mode selector to provide the first object in a preview mode.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more objects are video advertisements.

13. The system of claim 12, including an advertisement selector to select the one or more video advertisements based on characteristics associated with the search request.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the characteristics associated with the search include information related to past behavior of the user.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more objects are video search results.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the mode selector is to commence streaming of video associated with the first object.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the mode selector is to commence streaming of audio associated with the first object.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the mode selector is to select a higher resolution version of a video stream associated with the first object.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the loader is to provide simultaneous streaming of videos associated with the one or more objects.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the loader is further to pause the streaming of a video associated with a second object from the one or more objects responsive to the trigger detecting the pointer positioned over the first object.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the loader is further to provide a second object in the preview mode responsive to the trigger detecting the pointer positioned over the second object.

22. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

present one or more objects associated with video content, responsive to a search request;

detect a pointer positioned over a first object from the one or more objects; and

provide the first object in a preview mode.