Persistent media playback
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1. A method comprising:
- serving a media player as a first webpage for display by a browser of a device, the media player being configured to play media of a website including the first webpage, and being served from the website without client side components for installation by the device; and
serving at least a second webpage of the website as an integrated component of the first webpage for display within the first webpage by the browser of the device so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser to play media of at least the second webpage.
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Abstract
Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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serving a media player as a first webpage for display by a browser of a device, the media player being configured to play media of a website including the first webpage, and being served from the website without client side components for installation by the device; and serving at least a second webpage of the website as an integrated component of the first webpage for display within the first webpage by the browser of the device so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser to play media of at least the second webpage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. One or more computer-readable media devices comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a device, causes the device to persistently display a media player as a first webpage of a website via a browser of the device, the media player provided by the first webpage without any client side component installations by the device and enabling playback of media of the website during navigation between a plurality of subsequent webpages of the website, wherein each of the plurality of subsequent webpages are displayed within the first webpage as an integrated component of the first webpage.
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15. A system implemented using one or more servers configured to perform operations comprising:
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serving a media player as a first webpage via a network for display by a browser of a device, the media player being configured to play media of a website including the first webpage and being served without any client side components for installation by the device; serving one or more of a plurality of subsequent webpages of the website as an integrated component of the first webpage for display within the first webpage by the browser of the device so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the plurality of subsequent webpages of the website as the media player plays media of the plurality of subsequent webpages; and providing context-based suggestions of additional media to be added to a queue of the media player. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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