Insertion points for streaming video autoplay

USRE46114E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Netflix, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Todd Scot Yellin · Los Gatos, US
• Michael Thomas Hastings · San Francisco, US
• Thomas Purnell-Fisher · San Francisco, US
• Greg Peters · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Techniques are described for presenting streaming media content to users in an engaging manner. A streaming media player may provide an interface that allows users to browse though a collection of available titles sorted into different categories (e.g., science fiction titles, television shows, westerns, etc.). The interface may be configured to automatically begin playback of one of the media titles at a designated insertion point, providing a user with a preview of the title. The insertion point itself may be selected as an interesting point in a given title, and therefore, likely to engage a user in that title.