System and method for enabling review of a digital multimedia presentation and redirection therefrom

Number: 9820002
Published: 2017-11-14
Filed: 2015-01-02
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Barsook; Jonathan David et al.
CPC: H04N21/812; H04N21/4316; H04N21/4826; H04N21/482; H04N21/8545; H04N21/4788; H04N21/47; H04N21/4722; H04N21/8549; H04N5/775; H04N21/4758; H04N21/858
Verdict: Set aside digital multimedia review/ad redirection - business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is presented a system for providing a digital multimedia presentation. The system comprises a presentation server; a presentation content database accessible through the presentation server, the presentation content database configured to store a plurality of contents including the digital multimedia presentation, a plurality of digital media contents and a plurality of advertising contents; and a review and redirection application configured to determine at least oneof the plurality of digital multimedia contents as an alternative to the digital multimedia presentation, and provide a review and redirection pane integrated with a contextual background corresponding to the digital multimedia presentation; the review and redirection pane configured to enable play of the digital multimedia presentation, redirection to the at least one of the plurality of digital multimedia contents, and selection of at least one of the plurality of advertising contents associated with the digital multimedia presentation.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS(1) The features and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, wherein:(2) FIG. 1 shows ablock diagram of a system enabling review of a digital multimedia presentation and redirection therefrom, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(3) FIG. 2 shows a more detailed embodiment of a system enabling review of a digital multimedia presentation and redirection therefrom, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(4) FIG. 3 is a flowchart presenting a method enabling review of a digital multimedia presentation and redirection therefrom, according to one embodiment of the present invention; and(5) FIG.4 shows a visual frame displaying an exemplary review and redirection pane associated with a digital multimedia presentation corresponding to an episode of the ABC TV program Grey's Anatomy, according to one embodiment of the present invention.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION(6) The present application is directed to a system and method enabling reviewof a digital multimedia presentation and redirection therefrom. The following descriptioncontains specific information pertaining to the implementation of the present invention. One skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention may be implemented in a manner different from that specifically discussed in the present

Claims

1. A system comprising: a processor; a memory; and a presentation contentdatabase stored in the memory, the presentation content database configured to store a plurality of digital multimedia presentations each including an episode and a credit portionnear an end of the episode; a media player for execution by the processor and configured to play a selected digital multimedia presentation of the plurality of digital multimedia presentations; a review and redirection application for execution by the processor and configured to determine at least one of the plurality of digital multimedia presentations as an alternative to the selected digital multimedia presentation; wherein the processor is configured to launch the review and redirection pane during the credit portion near the endof the episode to present a consumer with the alternative to the selected digital multimedia presentation, and wherein the review and redirection pane is further configured to enable the consumer of the selected digital multimedia presentation to rate the selected digital multimedia presentation and/or comment on the selected digital multimedia presentation; wherein the review and redirection pane comprises one or more integrated dynamic contextual backgrounds. 6. A method for use by a system including a processor and a memory havinga presentation content database stored therein, the presentation content database including a plurality of digital multimedia presentations each including an episode and a credit portion near an end of the episode, the method comprising: launching, using the processor,a media player to play a selected digital multimedia presentation of the plurality of digital multimedia presentations; playing, using the processor, the selected digital multimedia presentation; launching, using the processor, in response to the playing the credit portion near the end of the episode of the selected digital multimedia presentation, a reviewand redirection application to present a consumer with an alternative to the selected digital multimedia presentation; determining, using the review and redirection application executed by the processor, at least one of the plurality of digital multimedia presentationsas the alternative to the selected digital multimedia presentation; and enabling, using the review and redirection application executed by the processor, the consumer of the selected digital multimedia presentation to rate the selected digital multimedia presentation and/or comment on the selected digital multimedia presentation; wherein the review and redirection pane comprises one or more integrated dynamic contextual backgrounds.