System and method of interactive video playback
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Ackley, Christopher T. Carey, Bennet S. Carr, Kathleen S. Poole
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Abstract
A method of providing an interactive game through playback of video, the method comprising the steps of providing a video player with a processor, the processor capable of accepting user input, drawing graphics or text on top of video playback, and controlling playback of sounds; providing media with a primary video stream for standard playback, and game instructions working in cooperation with the video stream, and an edit decision list; reading the edit decision list into the CPU and playing the portions of the video stream as instructed by the edit decision list; and superimposing other graphics onto the video to create an interactive game experience.
Claims36
A method for use by a video player using a medium including a video having a plurality of segments in a sequential playback order, the video player having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the method comprising:
- activating the non-interactive mode for playing the video in the sequential playback order by:
- receiving the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by a media interface of the video player;
- ignoring segment identifiers;
- and
- displaying each of the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by the video player;
- activating the interactive mode of the video player for playing a game using the video by:
- starting to detect the segment identifiers in response to the activating of the interactive mode;
- determining whether a user playing the game has successfully hit a target in the game;
- identifying, based on the determining, a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a first identified segment of the video;
- skipping a display of the first identified segment of the video;
- identifying, based on the determining, a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a second identified segment of the video;
- and
- displaying the second identified segment of the video.
A video player operable to provide an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode using a medium including a video having a plurality of segments in a sequential playback order, the video player comprising:
- a media interface;
- and
- a processor operable to activate the non-interactive mode of the video player, and further operable to activate the interactive mode of the video player for playing a game using the video;
- in the non-interactive mode:
- the media interface operable to receive the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order;
- the processor operable to ignore the segment identifiers in the non-interactive mode of the video player, and to cause a display of each of the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by the video player;
- in the interactive mode:
- the processor operable to start detecting the segment identifiers, in response to the activating of the interactive mode, and to make a determination whether a user playing the game has successfully hit a target in the game;
- wherein the processor is operable to identify, based on the determination, a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a first identified segment of the video, and skip a display of the first identified segment of the video;
- wherein the processor is operable to identify, based on the determination, a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a second identified segment of the video, and cause a display of the second identified segment of the video.
A method for use by a video player using a medium including a video having a plurality of segments in a sequential playback order, the video player having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the method comprising:
- activating the non-interactive mode for playing the video in the sequential playback order by:
- receiving the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by a media interface of the video player;
- ignoring segment identifiers;
- and
- displaying each of the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by the video player;
- activating the interactive mode of the video player for playing a game using the video by:
- starting to detect the segment identifiers in response to the activating of the interactive mode;
- determining a game score of a user playing the game;
- identifying, based on the determining, a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a first identified segment of the video;
- skipping a display of the first identified segment of the video;
- identifying, based on the determining, a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a second identified segment of the video;
- and
- displaying the second identified segment of the video.
A video player operable to provide an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode using a medium including a video having a plurality of segments in a sequential playback order, the video player comprising:
- a media interface;
- and
- a processor operable to activate the non-interactive mode of the video player, and further operable to activate the interactive mode of the video player for playing a game using the video;
- in the non-interactive mode:
- the media interface operable to receive the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order;
- the processor operable to ignore the segment identifiers in the non-interactive mode of the video player, and to cause a display of each of the plurality of segments of the video in the sequential playback order by the video player;
- in the interactive mode:
- the processor operable to start detecting the segment identifiers, in response to the activating of the interactive mode, and to determine a game score of a user playing the game;
- wherein the processor is operable to identify, based on the determination, a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a first identified segment of the video, and skip a display of the first identified segment of the video;
- wherein the processor is operable to identify, based on the determination, a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video using one or more of the segment identifiers to provide a second identified segment of the video, and cause a display of the second identified segment of the video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.