SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRIMARY VIDEO STREAM WITH A SECONDARY VIDEO STREAM FOR DISPLAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20090164601A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eyedestinations Inc.
• Original Assignee: Eyedestinations Inc.
• Inventors: SWARTZ, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/963,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• 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 21/812 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 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The disclosure related to a method and a server for providing a primary image file with another image file. The method comprises: providing to a network an access link for a resource that relates to the primary image file; receiving from a remote device in the network a request for the access link; from the resource, locating and providing the primary image file to the device for display in a first area of a window in a display on the device; from the resource, locating and providing a secondary image file associated with the primary file as identified in the resource to the device in a second area of the window; and updating access statistics relating to the secondary image file based on the request for the access link.

Claims

1. A method for providing a primary image file with another image file, said method comprising:

providing to a network an access link for a resource that relates to the primary image file;

receiving from a remote device in the network a request for the access link;

from the resource, locating and providing the primary image file to the device for display in a first area of a window in a display on the device;

from the resource, locating and providing a secondary image file associated with the primary file as identified in the resource to the device in a second area of said window; and

updating access statistics relating to the secondary image file based on the request for the access link.

2. The method for providing a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resource is a reference movie providing a link between to primary image file and said secondary image file.

3. The method for providing a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 2, wherein said primary and secondary image files are streamed independently to said device.

4. The method for providing a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 3, wherein said secondary image file is streamed simultaneously with said first image file to said device.

5. The method for combining a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 4, wherein said resource contains a first pointer to a first file name for said primary image file and a second pointer to a second file name for said secondary image file.

6. The method for combining a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 5, wherein said resource is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

7. The method for combining a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 6, further comprising replacing said secondary image file with an alternative secondary image file as accessed by said resource by renaming a third file name for said alternative secondary image file to be said second file name.

8. The method for combining a primary image file with another image file as claimed in claim 7, wherein said alternative secondary image replaces said secondary image file when meta data associated with said device indicates that said alternative secondary image matches a predetermined parameter for linking said secondary image file to said primary image file.

9. A server for providing a primary image file with another image file through a network to a requesting device, said server comprising:

a first module to access a database storing primary image files, secondary image files and resources providing links among said primary and secondary image files;

a second module for

providing to said network an access link for a resource of said resources that relates to the primary image file; and

processing a received request for said resource from a remote device in said network by

identifying the primary image file from said primary files relating to said resource;

identifying a secondary file from said secondary files that is to be associated with said primary image file as identified in said resource;

providing said primary image file to said device for display in a window on a display of said in a first area of a window for a display of said device; and

providing said secondary image file to the device for display in a second area of said window;

and

a statistics module for tracking traffic statistics related to said primary files and said secondary files.

10. The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein

said resource is a reference movie providing a link between the primary image file and said secondary image file;

and

said second module streams said secondary image file to said device independently and simultaneously from said first image file.

11. The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein said resource contains a first pointer to a first file name for said primary image file and a second pointer to a second file name for said secondary image file.

12. The server as claimed in claim 11, further comprising

a third module for managing associations for said resource and for selectively replacing said secondary image file with an alternative secondary image file as accessed by said resource by renaming a third file name for said alternative secondary image file to be said second file name.

13. The server as claimed in claim 12, wherein said third module replaces said secondary image file with said alternative secondary image when meta data associated with said device indicates that said alternative secondary image matches a predetermined parameter for linking said secondary image file to said primary image file.

14. The server as claimed in claim 12, wherein said third module replaces said secondary image file with said alternative secondary image when statistics from said statistics module indicates streamings of said secondary image file has exceeded a predetermined threshold.