Single media player simultaneously incorporating multiple different streams for linked content

• US 9,329,748 B1
• Filed: 05/07/2015
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Mitchell
• Original Assignee: Snipme, Inc.
• Inventors: Mitchell, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Joo, Joshua
• Application Number:
  US14/706,933
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

In some embodiments a method includes receiving, at a mobile device, an indication of a user selection of a multimedia presentation. The multimedia presentation includes a presentation identifier that is linked to at least one video request identifier. The method includes selecting (1) a video request from a plurality of video requests based on the video request being linked to the at least one video request identifier, and (2) a multimedia category from a plurality of multimedia categories based on the multimedia category being linked to the at least one video request identifier. The method includes sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at a time, (1) a first portion of a user interface of the media player including at least one image from the multimedia presentation; (2) a second portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from the video request; and (3) a third portion of the user interface of the media player including an image representative of the multimedia category.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device, an indication of a user selection of a multimedia presentation, the multimedia presentation including a presentation identifier that is linked to at least one video request identifier;

selecting (1) a video request from a plurality of video requests based on the video request being linked to the at least one video request identifier, and (2) a multimedia category from a plurality of multimedia categories based on the multimedia category being linked to the at least one video request identifier;

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at a time, (1) a first portion of a user interface of a media player including at least one image from the multimedia presentation;

(2) a second portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from the video request; and

(3) a third portion of the user interface of the media player including an image representative of the multimedia category.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the time is a first time, the method further comprising sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display at a second time after the first time, a fourth portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from a video response that includes the at least one video request identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the indication of the user selection includes receiving the indication of the user selection from a first mobile device application; and

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display the first portion of the user interface of the media player includes sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display the first portion of the user interface of the media player in a second mobile device application different from the first mobile device application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the indication of the user selection includes receiving the indication of the user selection from a network browser; and

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display the first portion of the media player includes sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display the first portion of the user interface of the media player in the network browser.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at the time, in the first portion of the user interface of the media player, an overlay including a menu including a list of multimedia presentations associated with the multimedia category.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at the time, in the second portion of the user interface of the media player, an overlay including a menu including a list of video requests associated with one or more multimedia categories.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia presentation is a first multimedia presentation, the multimedia category is a first multimedia category, the video request is a first video request, and the time is a first time, the method further comprising:

receiving, after the first time at the mobile device, an indication of a user selection of a second multimedia category;

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at a second time after the first time, the first portion of a user interface of the media player including a second multimedia presentation; and

sending a signal to cause the mobile device to display, at the second time, the second portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from a second video request associated with the second multimedia presentation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first portion of the user interface of the media player or the second portion of the user interface of the media player further includes a plurality of interactive buttons.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

an application module implemented in a memory, the application module, when operational, receiving, at a compute device, an indication of a user selection of a multimedia presentation, the multimedia presentation including a presentation identifier that is linked to a video request identifier;

the application module, when operational, causing a display to display, during a first time period and at the compute device, (1) a first portion of a user interface of a media player, the first portion including the multimedia presentation, and (2) a first link associated with a second portion of the user interface of the media player;

the application module, when operational, causing the display to display, during a second time period different from the first time period and at the compute device, (1) a second link associated with the first portion of the user interface of the media player and (2) the second portion of the user interface of the media player, the second portion including a video request that is associated with the multimedia presentation and that includes the video request identifier.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the application module, when operational, causing the display to display at the compute device, (1) during at least one of the first time period or the second time period, a third link associated with a third portion of the user interface of the media player, and (2) during a third time period after the second time period, the third portion of the user interface of the media player including a video response including the video request identifier.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the application module when operational, causing the display to display at the compute device, a fourth portion of the user interface of the media player including a multimedia category associated with the video request and with the multimedia presentation.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second portion of the user interface of the media player further includes a plurality of interactive buttons.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the application module, when operational, receiving the indication of the user selection from a first mobile device application; and

the application module, when operational, causing the display to display the first portion of the user interface of the media player in a second mobile device application different from the first mobile device application.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the application module, when operational, during the first time period, pre-loading without displaying, the second portion of the user interface of the media player.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the multimedia presentation is a first multimedia presentation, the multimedia category is a first multimedia category, the video request is a first video request,

the application module, when operational, receiving, after the second time period at the compute device, an indication of a user selection of a second multimedia category;

the application module, when operational, causing the display to display, after the second time period and at the compute device, (1) the first link, and (2) the second portion of the user interface of the media player including a second video request that is associated with the second multimedia presentation.

16. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

receive, at a compute device, an indication of a user selection of a multimedia presentation, the multimedia presentation including a presentation identifier that is linked to a video request identifier;

select a video request from a plurality of video requests based on the video request being linked to the video request identifier, and (2) a video response from a plurality of video responses based on the video response being linked to the video request identifier;

send a signal to cause the compute device to display at a time (1) a first portion of a user interface of a media player including at least one image from the multimedia presentation;

(2) a second portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from a video request; and

(3) a third portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from a video response including the video request identifier.

17. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the multimedia presentation includes at least one interactive button.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 17, further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to receive, in response to a manipulation of the at least one interactive button, a indication of a vote selection associated with the video request.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the video response is included in a plurality of video responses, each video response from the plurality of video responses including the video request identifier, the non-transitory processor-readable medium further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to send a signal to cause the compute device to display at the time, a fourth portion of the user interface of the media player including a list of the plurality of video responses.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

receive the indication of the user selection from a first mobile device application; and

send a signal to cause the compute device to display the first portion of the user interface of the media player in a second mobile device application different from the first mobile device application.

21. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to send a signal to cause the compute device to display, at the time, in the first portion of the user interface of the media player, an overlay including a menu including a list of multimedia presentations associated with a multimedia category.

22. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to send a signal to cause the compute device to display, at the time, in the second portion of the user interface of the media player, an overlay including a menu including a list of video requests associated with a multimedia category.

23. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the multimedia presentation is a first multimedia presentation, the video request is a first video request, the video response is a first video response, and the time is a first time, further storing code representing instructions to be executed by the processor, the code comprising code to

receive, at a compute device, an indication of a user selection of a second multimedia presentation, the second multimedia presentation including a second presentation identifier that is linked to a second video request identifier;

select a second video request from the plurality of video requests based on the second video request being linked to the second video request identifier, and (2) a second video response from the plurality of video responses based on the second video response being linked to the second video request identifier;

send a signal to cause the compute device to display, at a second time after the first time, (1) the first portion of a user interface of the media player including at least one image from the second multimedia presentation;

(2) the second portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from the second video request; and

(3) the third portion of the user interface of the media player including at least one image from the second video response including the second video request identifier.