Application Communication

• US 20140317638A1
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaltura Incorporated
• Original Assignee: FlixMaster, Inc. (Kaltura Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hayes, Christopher Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 9,236,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

An external application is loaded by an electronic device. The external application loads one or more internal applications. The internal application loads a player application, such as a video player. At least one communication channel is configured between the external application and the player application. Subsequently, the player application may provide signals to the external application via the communication connection when one or more events occur. In response, the external application may perform one or more actions and/or may provide reply signals to the player application. Additionally, the player application may provide instructions to the external application and/or the external application may provide instructions to the player application.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

loading an external application utilizing at least one processing unit;

loading at least one internal application utilizing the external application executed by the at least one processing unit;

loading at least one player application utilizing the at least one internal application executed by the at least one processing unit; and

configuring at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one signal from the at least one player application to the external application that indicates occurrence of at least one event in the at least one player application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one event comprises at least one of a transition, a user interaction, an interface selection, a video transition, a portion complete, a time reached.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising performing at least one action utilizing the external application in response to receiving the at least one signal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one action comprises at least one of recording the occurrence of the at least one event, changing an aspect of a web page presented by the external application, transmitting at least one instruction to the at least one player application, adding at least one item to at least one shopping cart, utilizing at least one hardware component of at least one device incorporating the at least one processing unit, changing the content of the at least one player application, enabling at least one form, requiring at least one form, or presenting a different web page utilizing the external application.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing at least one reply signal from the external application to the player application responsive to the at least one signal sent from the player application to the external application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one instruction from the at least one player application to the external application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one instruction comprises at least one instruction to perform at least one of change an aspect of a web page presented by the external application, add at least one item to at least one shopping cart, utilize at least one hardware component of at least one device incorporating the at least one processing unit, enable at least one form, require at least one form, or present a different web page utilizing the external application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one instruction from the external application to the at least one player application.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one instruction comprises at least one of an instruction to switch content being played, an instruction to pause play, an instruction to stop play, an instruction to fast forward play, an instruction to rewind play, an instruction to alter volume, or an instruction concerning an event for which the at least one player application is to monitor and report regarding.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the external application comprises a web page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one internal application comprises at least one component of the web page.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said operation of configuring at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application further comprises including code for configuring the at least one communication channel in the web page.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising executing the code for configuring the at least one communication channel.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the code comprises at least one scripting language instruction.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said operation of configuring at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application is performed utilizing at least one application programming interface.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said operation of configuring at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application comprises negotiating at least one trusted connection.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said operation of configuring at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application is performed by the at least one internal application.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one player application comprises a video player application.

20. A system, comprising:

at least one processing unit;

at least one a non-transitory computer readable storage medium connected to the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processing unit executes instructions stored in the at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium to;

load an external application;

load at least one internal application utilizing the external application;

load at least one player application utilizing the at least one internal application; and

configure at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application.

21. A computer program product comprising:

a first set of instructions, stored in at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by at least one processing unit to load an external application;

a second set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to load at least one internal application utilizing the external application;

a third set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to load at least one player application utilizing the at least one internal application; and

a fourth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to configure at least one communication channel between the external application and the at least one player application.