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Systems and methods for constructing multimedia content modules

  • US 8,860,882 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2012
  • Issued: 10/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for constructing seamlessly viewable multimedia content from selectably presentable multimedia content blocks, the system comprising:

  • a block definition module for facilitating creation and modification, by a user, of a plurality of selectably presentable multimedia content blocks, each content block comprising (i) multimedia content comprising a video stream and an audio stream and (ii) an interactive layer, the block definition module comprising;

    a media assignment submodule for associating a segment comprising synchronized audio and video with at least one of the content blocks;

    a block linking submodule for creating a traversable video tree by forming one or more seamless connections between the at least one content block and one or more other content blocks, wherein a transition between the audio and video streams of the connected blocks during playback of the video tree occurs substantially without interruption and;

    a layer submodule for associating an interactive layer with the at least one content block, the layer comprising controls for interacting with the multimedia content.

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