Dynamic library display for interactive videos

• US 10,856,049 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2019
• Issued: 12/01/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd.
• Original Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd.
• Inventors: Bloch, Jonathan, Zubalsky, Tal, Hofshy, Yuval, Feldman, Barak
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US16/283,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20190349637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8541 involving branching, e.g. to different story endings

Abstract

A video library interface provides a listing of interactive videos and information associated with the videos and is dynamically updated as a user views the videos and makes decisions that affect the playback of the episodes. More specifically, an interactive video that includes different traversable video paths is provided to and interacted with by a user. Based on user interactions received during presentation of the video, different video paths within the interactive video are traversed. In addition, a video library display including a visual depiction of information associated with a plurality of videos is provided. The video library display is dynamically modified based on one or more interactions made by the user with respect to the interactive video.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing an interactive video comprising a plurality of traversable video paths;

receiving, during presentation of the interactive video to a user, a first interaction with the interactive video, the first interaction comprising a decision made by the user in the interactive video;

traversing a particular video path in the interactive video in response to the first interaction;

providing a plurality of videos; and

dynamically modifying the plurality of videos based on one or more interactions made by the user with respect to the interactive video, the one or more interactions including the first interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of videos comprises individual episodes of a series.

3. The method of claim 2:

wherein a plurality of different episode options are associated with a first one of the episodes,

wherein a first one of the episode options is configured to be presented when the user selects the first episode for presentation, and

wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises substituting the first episode option with a second one of the episode options such that the second episode option is presented instead of the first episode option when the user selects the first episode for presentation.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises generating one of the episodes.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises dynamically modifying content of one of the videos that is related to the interactive video.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein dynamically modifying content of the related video comprises including content in the related video based on a decision made by the user in the interactive video, wherein the included content is contextually related to the decision.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises modifying metadata associated with a particular video, a thumbnail image of the particular video, or a summary of the particular video.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a first one of the videos in the plurality of videos; and

commencing presentation of the first video at a first decision point in the first video, wherein a plurality of possible traversable video paths branch from the first decision point.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying visual references to a plurality of traversable decision points in the first video including the first decision point, and wherein presentation of the first video is commenced based on receiving a selection of the first decision point in the visual references by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a first one of the videos comprises an interactive video comprising a plurality of traversable video paths, the method further comprising:

presenting the first video a plurality of times, wherein in each presentation of the first video, at least one different video path is traversed;

aggregating information relating to the different traversed video paths over the plurality of times the first video is presented; and

dynamically modifying the plurality of videos based on the aggregated information.

11. A system comprising:

at least one memory for storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor for executing the instructions stored on the memory, wherein execution of the instructions programs the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

providing an interactive video comprising a plurality of traversable video paths;

receiving, during presentation of the interactive video to a user, a first interaction with the interactive video, the first interaction comprising a decision made by the user in the interactive video;

traversing a particular video path in the interactive video in response to the first interaction;

providing a plurality of videos; and

dynamically modifying the plurality of videos based on one or more interactions made by the user with respect to the interactive video, the one or more interactions including the first interaction.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of videos comprises individual episodes of a series.

13. The system of claim 12:

wherein a plurality of different episode options are associated with a first one of the episodes,

wherein a first one of the episode options is configured to be presented when the user selects the first episode for presentation, and

wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises substituting the first episode option with a second one of the episode options such that the second episode option is presented instead of the first episode option when the user selects the first episode for presentation.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises generating one of the episodes.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises dynamically modifying content of one of the videos that is related to the interactive video.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein dynamically modifying content of the related video comprises including content in the related video based on a decision made by the user in the interactive video, wherein the included content is contextually related to the decision.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein dynamically modifying the plurality of videos comprises modifying metadata associated with a particular video, a thumbnail image of the particular video, or a summary of the particular video.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a selection of a first one of the videos in the plurality of videos; and

commencing presentation of the first video at a first decision point in the first video, wherein a plurality of possible traversable video paths branch from the first decision point.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise displaying visual references to a plurality of traversable decision points in the first video including the first decision point, and wherein presentation of the first video is commenced based on receiving a selection of the first decision point in the visual references by the user.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein a first one of the videos comprises an interactive video comprising a plurality of traversable video paths, and wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting the first video a plurality of times, wherein in each presentation of the first video, at least one different video path is traversed;

aggregating information relating to the different traversed video paths over the plurality of times the first video is presented; and

dynamically modifying the plurality of videos based on the aggregated information.