SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND UPDATING LIVE-STREAMING ONLINE CONTENT IN AN INTERACTIVE WEB PLATFORM

• US 20140047335A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: LEWIS, Gabriel A., Sekoff, Roy, Semel, Mitchell R., Pontin, Kim-Leigh, Denenberg, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 10,198,152 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• 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 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing live-streaming online content, including video segments married with related online information in a single online platform. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos having a sequential order to display in a web browser and publishing the videos in the web browser. The method further includes determining online data that relates to each video in the series and displaying the related data in the web browser. Further, the method includes playing the videos in the web browser in a sequential order and updating the data that relates to a video while the video is playing in real-time. The related data may include user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

Claims

1. A method for providing live-streaming online content, the method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos to display in a browser, the series of videos having a sequential order;

publishing, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos;

determining, using the at least one processor, data related to each video;

displaying, in the browser, the related data; and

playing, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching, during the playing of a first video, online content for data related to the first video; and

displaying, in the browser, the related data while the first video is playing.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the browser exists in an application device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an alert when a first video in the series has ended and a second video in the series has begun.

9. A system for providing live-streaming online content

a processor;

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to;

generate a series of videos to display in a browser, the series of videos having a sequential order;

publish, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos;

determine data related to each video;

display, in the browser, the related data; and

play, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the data related to the first video includes at least one of user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:

search, during the playing of a first video, online content for data related to the first video; and

display, in the browser, the related data while the first video is playing.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the displaying occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the browser exists in an application device.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:

send an alert when a first video in the series has ended and a second video in the series has begun.

17. A computer-implemented method for providing live-streaming online content, the method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos to display in a browser, the series of videos having a sequential order;

publishing, in the browser, a preview of the series of videos;

determining, using the at least one processor, data related to each video;

displaying, in the browser, the related data; and

playing, in the browser, the series of videos in the sequential order.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein determining comprises searching for online content related to each video.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

searching, during the playing of a first video, online content for data related to the first video; and

displaying, in the browser, the related data while the first video is playing.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the searching occurs concurrently in time with the playing of the first video.