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US 9,071,730 B2Granted
Product information display and purchasing
AssigneeViap Limited
InventorCarl Livesey
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Abstract
A method of providing additional information to a viewer of a moving image file is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing one or more tags within the moving image file indicating the existence of additional product information; visually indicating the existence of the tags alongside or over the moving image; detecting a request to view the product information associated with the one or more tags; pausing the moving image; and displaying the requested product information over the paused image.
Claims19
A method of providing additional information to a viewer of a moving image file comprising:
- (a) providing one or more tags, associated with a product, within the moving image file indicating the existence of additional product information;
- (b) visually indicating the existence of said tags alongside or over the moving image;
- (c) detecting, by a processor, a request to view said product information associated with said one or more tags;
- (d) pausing said moving image;
- (e) displaying said requested product information over said paused image;
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- (f) providing a selectable purchase icon, selection of which enables connection of the viewer to an electronic commerce interface, for purchase of said product associated with said requested product information.
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