METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION AND PLAYBACK OF SUPPLEMENTED VIDEOS
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer'"'"'s interaction with the supplemented videos.
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50 Claims
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19. A method of allowing a purchase of objects that are displayed within a video, the method comprising:
receiving or transmitting, from one or more computers, instructions for the display of content in a video display frame on a device, the instructions transmitted over a network to the device, the instructions when executed by the device configured to; generate a display of video within the video display frame, the video containing one or more objects for purchase; and generate one or more displays for an interactive feature within the video display frame, the interactive feature allowing a viewer of the video to purchase, from within the video display frame, one or more objects displayed in the video while the video is simultaneously being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system allowing a purchase of objects displayed in a video, the system comprising one or more computers configured to:
transmit instructions for the display of content in a video display frame on a device, the instructions transmitted over a network to the device, the instructions when executed by the device configured to; generate a display of video within the video display frame, the video containing one or more objects for purchase; and generate one or more displays for an interactive feature within the video display frame, the interactive feature allowing a viewer of the video to purchase, from within the video display frame, one or more objects displayed in the video while the video is simultaneously being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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