Systems and methods for seamless audio and video endpoint transitions
AssigneeJBF Interlude 2009 LTD
InventorsTal Zubalsky, Jonathan Bloch, Yuval Hofshy, Barak Feldman
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Abstract
To provide for seamless audio, video, and contextual transitions in interactive media presentations, endpoints within the presentation are defined. The endpoints are disposed at different times within the presentation and form respective links between points in segments in the presentation. While the presentation is being played, a user interaction is received and an appropriate endpoint is selected based on the interaction. When the selected endpoint is reached, the presentation is seamlessly transitioned to the point in the segment linked to by the endpoint.
Claims21
1-24. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method for seamless transitions in media presentations, the method comprising:
- receiving an interactive video presentation comprising a plurality of parallel videos;
- defining a plurality of endpoints within a first video of the plurality of parallel videos, wherein each endpoint forms a plurality of links between (i) a point in the first video at which the endpoint is defined and (ii) a plurality of different points in one or more different videos of the plurality of parallel videos;
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- during playback of the interactive video presentation:
- presenting the first video to a user;
- displaying a plurality of options to the user;
- receiving a user selection of an option from the plurality of options;
- identifying a next endpoint to occur following the user selection, the identified endpoint being defined at a time prior to an end of the first video;
- continuing presentation of the first video until reaching the time at which the identified endpoint is defined;
- selecting, based on the option selected by the user, a particular point of the plurality of different points linked to the identified endpoint;
- and
- upon reaching the time at which the identified endpoint is defined, seamlessly transitioning the interactive video presentation from (i) the point in the first video at which the identified endpoint is defined to (ii) the particular point in the different video of the plurality of parallel videos to which the identified endpoint is linked.
A system for seamless transitions in media presentations, the system comprising:
- at least one memory for storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor for executing the instructions stored on the memory, wherein execution of the instructions programs the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an interactive video presentation comprising a plurality of parallel videos;
- defining a plurality of endpoints within a first video of the plurality of parallel videos, wherein each endpoint forms a plurality of links between (i) a point in the first video at which the endpoint is defined and (ii) a plurality of different points in one or more different videos of the plurality of parallel videos;
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- during playback of the interactive video presentation:
- presenting the first video to a user;
- displaying a plurality of options to the user;
- receiving a user selection of an option from the plurality of options;
- identifying a next endpoint to occur following the user selection, the identified endpoint being defined at a time prior to an end of the first video;
- continuing presentation of the first video until reaching the time at which the identified endpoint is defined;
- selecting, based on the option selected by the user, a particular point of the plurality of different points linked to the identified endpoint;
- and
- upon reaching the time at which the identified endpoint is defined, seamlessly transitioning the interactive video presentation from (i) the point in the first video at which the identified endpoint is defined to (ii) the particular point in the different video of the plurality of parallel videos to which the identified endpoint is linked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.