Incorporating interactive media into a playlist

US8745498B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Shafiq Rahman · Redmond, US
• Sohail Baig Mohammed · North Bend, US
• Khurshed Mazhar · Kirkland, US
• Kevin P. Larkin · Mercer Island, US
• Patrick N. Nelson · Seattle, US
• Bret P. O'Rourke · Kirkland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/4393
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary system includes a media control operable to begin playing a media segment automatically after buffering the media segment, and a host application operable to receive a reference to the media segment, initialize the media control with the media segment, and cause the media control to postpone playing of the media segment after the media segment is buffered. An exemplary method includes receiving a playlist referencing a first media segment and a second media segment, the second media segment operable to play automatically without a prompt after being loaded, presenting the first media segment, and prerolling the second media segment.