PACKAGED MEDIA PLAYBACK WITH REMOTELY OBTAINED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method for including supplemental content in packaged media playback, comprising:
- receiving a playback indication from a remote media player via a data network, the playback indication associated with playback of a packaged media content item recorded on a packaged medium;
retrieving a supplemental content item from a data storage system in response to the received playback indication; and
transmitting the retrieved supplemental content item to the remote media player via the data network for playback on the remote media player in association with playback of the packaged media content item.
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Abstract
Fans or other persons can upload content that others can choose to view when they play back a film, television show or other packaged media content item. A server system receives a playback indication from a remote media player via a data network, and in response retrieves an uploaded supplemental content item. The playback indication can not only identify the film, television show or other packaged media content item, but can further identify a playback location in the identified content item, such as a specific scene. The server system can use such information to select and retrieve one of a number of uploaded supplemental content items. The server system transmits the supplemental content item to the media player, which then plays back the supplemental content item in association with the packaged media content item.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for including supplemental content in packaged media playback, comprising:
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receiving a playback indication from a remote media player via a data network, the playback indication associated with playback of a packaged media content item recorded on a packaged medium; retrieving a supplemental content item from a data storage system in response to the received playback indication; and transmitting the retrieved supplemental content item to the remote media player via the data network for playback on the remote media player in association with playback of the packaged media content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A server system for including supplemental content in packaged media playback, comprising:
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a data storage subsystem, the data storage subsystem storing supplemental content items; a network interface; and a processing system, the processing system programmed or configured to effect; receiving a playback indication from a remote media player via a data network, the playback indication associated with playback of a packaged media content item recorded on a packaged medium; retrieving a supplemental content item from a data storage system in response to the received playback indication; and transmitting the retrieved supplemental content item to the remote media player via the data network.
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8. A media player having a feature for including supplemental content in packaged media playback, comprising:
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a media receptacle for receiving a packaged medium; a network interface; and a processing system comprising a processor and memory, the processing system programmed or configured to effect; playing back a packaged media content item recorded on the packaged medium; transmitting a playback indication to a remote system via the network interface to request supplemental content, the playback indication associated with playing back the packaged media content item; receiving a supplemental content item from the remote system via the network interface in response to the transmitted playback indication, the supplemental content item being associated with the packaged media content item; and playing back the supplemental content item in association with playing back the packaged media content item. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A packaged media product for playback on a media player, the packaged media product comprising a machine-readable packaged medium on which is recorded in machine-readable form a packaged media content item and code for instructing the media player to effect:
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playing back the packaged media content item recorded on the packaged medium; transmitting a playback indication to a remote server system via the network interface, the playback indication associated with playing back the packaged media content item; receiving a supplemental content item from the remote server system via the network interface in response to the transmitted playback indication, the supplemental content item being associated with the packaged media content item; and playing back the supplemental content item in association with playing back the packaged media content item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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