Systems and methods for integrating interactive features into multiple media content sources

A method for incorporating special effects into a plurality of media content, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of media files from a server;
• receiving, by the computing device, special effects corresponding to each of the plurality of media files, the special effects being contained in an editing file that does not incorporate the plurality of media files;
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• based on the received plurality of media files from the server and the special effects for each of the plurality of media files, seamlessly playing back, by the computing device, a single presentation, wherein the single presentation is viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage, and wherein the plurality of media files is unmodified during incorporation of the received special effects.

A system for incorporating special effects into media content, comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive media content over a network and store managed copies of the received media content locally, wherein managed copies comprise controlled copies of the media content;
• and
• a computer processor configured to:
• receive specified special effects for the media content from an editing file, the editing file not including the media content;
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• perform seamless play back of a single presentation on a display based on the received media content and the specified special effects, wherein the single presentation is viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage, and wherein the media content is unmodified during incorporation of the special effects.

An apparatus for playing back special effects into media content, comprising:

• an editing file reader configured to read an editing file, wherein the editing file stores a fingerprint for identifying at least one specified media content, special effects, and an association with a plurality of segments of the at least one specified media content, wherein the fingerprint is transmitted to a server, the fingerprint uniquely identifying the at least one specified media content, and wherein the at least one specified media content is received upon authorization from the server and is not stored in the editing file;
• a media reader configured to receive the at least one specified media content from the server;
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• a combiner configured to seamlessly play back single presentation based on the at least one received specified media content containing the plurality of segments, wherein the at least one received specified media content is not stored in the editing file, wherein the special effects are stored in the editing file, wherein the single presentation is viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage, and wherein the at least one received specified media content is unmodified.

A method for playing back special effects into media content, comprising:

• reading, by a computing device, an editing file storing special effects and an association with a plurality of specified media content, the editing file not including the plurality of specified media content;
• transmitting, by the computing device, a fingerprint to a server, the fingerprint uniquely identifying the plurality of specified media content;
• receiving, by the computing device, authorization from the server;
• upon receiving authorization, receiving, by the computing device, the plurality of specified media content;
• based on the editing file, identifying, by the computing device, the plurality of specified media content specified by the editing file;
• reading, by the computing device, the plurality of specified media content;
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• seamlessly playing back, by the computing device, a single presentation based on the special effects stored in the editing file and the association with the plurality of specified media content, wherein the plurality of specified media content is unmodified, wherein seamlessly playing back the single presentation comprises concurrently decrypting each of the plurality of specified media content, and wherein the single presentation is viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage.

A method for reproducing special effects into media content, comprising:

• reading an editing file storing special effects and an association between the special effects and one or more segments of a plurality of specified media content, wherein the plurality of specified media content comprises at least a first media content and a second media content, the editing file not including the plurality of specified media content;
• reading the first and second media content;
• generating a first decryption key for the first media content;
• decrypting the first media content based on the first decryption key;
• playing back the first media content with associated special effects;
• in response to decrypting the first media content, generating a second decryption key for the second media content;
• decrypting the second media content based on the second decryption key;
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• playing back the second media content with associated special effects, wherein the first media content with associated special effects and the second media content with associated special effects are viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage, and wherein the first media content and the second media content are unmodified.

A method for reproducing a plurality of media content, comprising:

• retrieving the plurality of media content;
• performing, by a computing device, authentication for one of the plurality of media content from content sources to generate a decryption key;
• based on the decryption key, decrypting, by the computing device, one of the plurality of media content and generating feedback;
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• based on the feedback, performing, by the computing device, seamless playback of the plurality of media content with corresponding special effects as a single presentation, wherein the single presentation is viewable without being stored in non-volatile storage, and wherein the plurality of media content is unmodified.