SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONTENT PROGRAMMING
First Claim
1. A method for using an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a video on a visual display, the video having at least one interface link associated therewith, the interface link adapted to be displayed on the visual display and being linked to ancillary content accessible over a network;
interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content;
interrupting the display of the video at a point in time;
delivering the ancillary content to the visual display for interaction by a user; and
continuing the display of the video from the point in time where the display of the video was interrupted after the interaction by the user.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for interacting with video by displaying one or more interface links associated with video content being displayed, pausing the video content when an interface link is interacted with, allowing the user to view ancillary content the interface link is linked to over a network, and unpausing the video content after the user elects to continue viewing the video content. In one or more embodiments, the ancillary content may permit e-commerce, display additional video or other images, and/or include links to additional ancillary content. The present invention also includes a method for creating an interactive video.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for using an interactive video, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a video on a visual display, the video having at least one interface link associated therewith, the interface link adapted to be displayed on the visual display and being linked to ancillary content accessible over a network; interacting with the interface link to access the ancillary content; interrupting the display of the video at a point in time; delivering the ancillary content to the visual display for interaction by a user; and continuing the display of the video from the point in time where the display of the video was interrupted after the interaction by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A data structure for multiple categories of media content, the data structure comprising:
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a plurality of fields, at least a first one of said fields corresponding to any one of a plurality of different categories of media content, the category of media content corresponding to said first one of said fields being different from the category of media content corresponding to another one of said fields; and a unique identifier associated with the data structure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for creating an item data structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating the item data structure having a number of undefined fields; obtaining at least one media asset for association with the item data structure; defining at least one of the fields based on a category of the at least one media asset to create at least one defined field; associating an identifier with each defined field; associating media content with each defined field; and storing the item data structure in a database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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