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US 2008/0178234 A1Published application
Video sharing platform providing for posting content to other websites
AssigneeCrackle, Inc.
InventorsAviv Eyal, Piers Haken, David Charles Alexander Hodgson, Steven Hazel
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Abstract
A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
Claims5
A method for use in providing content, comprising:
- hosting a network site on a computer network;
- providing means to upload video over the network;
- creating one or more thumbnail still images from the uploaded video;
- creating an on-demand video clip based on the uploaded video data;
- displaying on the network site links to one or more videos uploaded over the network;
- providing an option to initiate a download of a selected one of the videos in pieces from two or more computers on the network;
- displaying on the network site a tool for searching through the one or more videos;
- displaying on the network site a result of a search through the one or more videos;
- displaying on the network site an option to create a film strip widget that is representative of the result of the search, wherein the film strip widget includes display of the still images for the corresponding videos and a command to start an on-demand playback of the created on-demand video clip for any video included in the film strip;
- and
- posting the film strip widget that is representative of the result of the search to a different network site in response to the option being selected.
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A method for use in providing content, comprising:
- hosting a network site on a computer network;
- providing means to upload video over the network;
- creating one or more thumbnail still images from the uploaded video;
- creating an on-demand video clip based on the uploaded video data;
- displaying on the network site links to one or more videos uploaded over the network;
- providing an option to initiate a download of a selected one of the videos in pieces from two or more computers on the network;
- displaying on the network site a tool for searching through the one or more videos;
- displaying on the network site a result of a search through the one or more videos;
- displaying on the network site an option to create a feed that will provide notifications of updates to the result of a search;
- and
- providing notifications of updates to the result of a search to users who are subscribers to the feed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.