EMBEDDING A MEDIA HOTSPOT WITHIN A DIGITAL MEDIA FILE
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Abstract
A computer-related and/or business type method is presented for embedding one or more media hotspots within a digital media file and, in response to interaction from a separate target entity, such as via an associating request, associating one or more resultant actions with the media hotspot(s). In exchange for associating the one or more resultant actions with the media hotspot(s), an interactive media service entity being affiliated with a web site displaying the digital media file and/or a user being affiliated with the digital media file itself is compensated based upon at least one compensation plan.
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43 Claims
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29. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by an interactive media service entity and over a computer network, a digital media file from a content provider; associating, in response to a request from a target entity, a resultant action with a media hotspot embedded within the digital media file; and publishing, using a server affiliated with the interactive media service, the received digital media file, wherein the interactive media service entity and the content provider are compensated in response to the resultant action being associated with the media hotspot, and the interactive media service entity, the target entity, and the content provider are all different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by an interactive media service entity and over a computer network, a digital media file from a content provider; publishing, using a server affiliated with the interactive media service, the received digital media file, wherein a resultant action is associated with a media hotspot embedded within the digital media file; the resultant action is associated with a target entity, the interactive media service entity is compensated in response to the resultant action being associated with the media hotspot, and the interactive media service entity and the content provider are all different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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Specification