Dual display interactive video
OwnerJoseph Lorkovicinventor
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Abstract
The disclosed process provides software based business methods for interactive content dissemination over the internet and a revenue framework for billing and tracking in relationship to usage by consumers and benefits to content sponsors. The system provides methods for client and server operations and the preparation of interactive video content in conjunction with web browser based content for distribution over the Internet.
Claims15
A video metadata means for allowing video content to be interactive enabled with the use of a corresponding metadata set comprising:
- (a) metadata relating to hot spot mapping used by a video display component that provides a means for interaction with video hot spot links that load in a separate window;
- (b) video player that reads metadata and controls a range of web browser instances in conjunction with metadata directions during playback providing synchronization of a separate content window with the playing video.
A web browser based video player component set with separate video screen and separate control interface consisting of a popup component set comprising;
- (a) a video display component;
- (b) a video playback control component that controls said video display component.
A web browser based video player component set having a means for launching from any website comprising a custom menu based on the web site the components are launched from.
A web browser based video player component set with a video player menu having a preview video screen for the selected menu item separate from the primary video screen.
A content delivery and related advertising auction control system wherein the advertising spot definitions consist of video and related content defined in conjunction with automatic cue points and hot spots wherein the content launched is web based content developed for said cue points and hot spot definitions.
A means of video hotspot definition data mapping compression wherein top and bottom definition points of vertical coordinates are saved only once and a sampling of horizontal coordinates are saved without the corresponding vertical data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.