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`USO 10205987B2
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`c12) United States Patent
`Avedissian et al.
`
`(IO) Patent No.: US 10,205,987 B2
`*Feb.12,2019
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`(54)
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`INTERACTIVE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
`SYSTEM AND VIDEO PLAYER UTILIZING A
`CLIENT SERVER ARCHITECTURE
`
`(71) Applicant: Scorpcast, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
`
`(72)
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`Inventors: Narbeh Avedissian, Studio City, CA
`(US); Nikhil Sreenath, Las Vegas, NV
`(US)
`
`(73) Assignee: Scorpcast, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
`
`( *) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by O days.
`
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis(cid:173)
`claimer.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 16/011,480
`
`(22) Filed:
`
`Jun. 18, 2018
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2018/0302664 Al
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`Oct. 18, 2018
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 15/797,988, filed on
`Oct. 30, 2017, now Pat. No. 10,057,628, which is a
`(Continued)
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
`H04N 211431
`H04N 2114788
`
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(Continued)
`
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC ....... H04N 2114312 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481
`(2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
`(Continued)
`
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`CPC ........... H04N 21/4312; H04N 21/4756; H04N
`21/4788; H04N 21/4828; H04N 21/6125;
`H04N 21/812
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(Continued)
`Primary Examiner - Alexander Q Huerta
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm - Knobbe, Martens, Olson
`& Bear LLP
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`An interactive video distribution system and video player
`are described. A client server arrangement may be used for
`providing a video player and video content to a client device.
`The video player may display navigation images enabling
`navigation to specific portions of the video content by
`activating a corresponding navigation image. The video
`player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video
`with other video players, enabling the video players to play
`the streamed segment of the video without having to play the
`entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage.
`The video player may be embeddable. The server may
`associate searchable tags with respective video segments.
`30 Claims, 47 Drawing Sheets
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`Exhibit 1001
`MG Freesites v. Scorpcast
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`continuation of application No. 14/990,690, filed on
`Jan. 7, 2016, now Pat. No. 9,832,519, which is a
`continuation-in-part of application No. 14/167,867,
`filed on Jan. 29, 2014, now abandoned, which is a
`continuation-in-part of application No. 13/804,121,
`filed on Mar. 14, 2013, now Pat. No. 8,682,809,
`which is a continuation-in-part of application No.
`13/449,610, filed on Apr. 18, 2012, now Pat. No.
`8,615,474, and a continuation-in-part of application
`No. 13/451,478, filed on Apr. 19, 2012, now Pat. No.
`8,635,169.
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`(51)
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`(2011.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2012.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`
`Int. Cl.
`H04N 211858
`GllB 27110
`H04N 211845
`H04N 21161
`G06F 3/0484
`G06F 3/0481
`G06Q 30102
`H04N 21181
`H04N 211482
`H04N 211475
`H04N 2114722
`H04N 2114223
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC ..... G06Q 3010261 (2013.01); G06Q 3010278
`(2013.01); GllB 27110 (2013.01); H04N
`2114223 (2013.01); H04N 2114722 (2013.01);
`H04N 2114756 (2013.01); H04N 2114788
`(2013.01); H04N 2114828 (2013.01); H04N
`2116125 (2013.01); H04N 211812 (2013.01);
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`(2013.01)
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`l(Jla , ____ j----r _______ ...,. _____ __,
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`Client Requests Player
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`Client through a code placed in a
`web page or application regucsts
`the video player
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`····1 _____________ __,
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`Display Player
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`104a.
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`based on configured play~'r
`settings show display controls
`on player
`1 f)6a ,,, ___ F'j
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`Display Controls
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`If interactions require player to change
`controls communicate to player to
`manipulate video playback
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`upon user clicking on a controJ
`player performs the proper action
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`proper action is perfonned to
`controls based on action
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`1
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`Obtain user input on
`whom to share with
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`message sent with URL,
`URL to specific segment in video sent to
`receipient segment in video determined by
`timecode o.r pnxluct code
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`Video shared ................ ]
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`FIG. /A
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`Video Segment Locator
`Generation
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`Receive navigation images
`and streaming video
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`Access Video Segment
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`Receive URL including
`video segment point.er
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`Display navigation images
`and streaming video
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`Request video segment
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`-·-·-·--
`············-··-············-··---·-
`Receive video share
`instruction
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`Playback video segment
`without playing earlier
`portions of video
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`126b
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`128b
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`Provide video segment
`selection interface,
`communication channel
`specification inteit'ace,
`-recipient specification
`interface
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`Feb. 12, 2019
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`US 10,205,987 B2
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`1
`INTERACTIVE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
`SYSTEM AND VIDEO PLAYER UTILIZING A
`CLIENT SERVER ARCHITECTURE
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`INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE TO ANY
`PRIORITY APPLICATIONS
`
`Any and all applications for which a foreign or domestic
`priority claim is identified in the Application Data Sheet as
`filed with the present application are hereby incorporated by
`reference under 37 CFR 1.57.
`
`BACKGROUND
`
`Field of the Invention
`
`The present invention relates to video distribution and
`media players.
`
`Description of the Related Art
`
`The broad accessibility of internet, along with the increas(cid:173)
`ing popularity of affordable digital video recording devices
`has led to the proliferation of videos shared over the internet.
`However, conventional techniques for distributing such
`video content have been inefficient, and conventional media
`players have not provided adequate controls for navigating
`through or sharing video content over a network. Further,
`conventional video distribution systems and media players
`may use an undesirable amount of network bandwidth in
`transmitting and accessing portions of a video that will not
`be utilized.
`
`SUMMARY
`
`The following presents a simplified summary of one or
`more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of
`such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of
`all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify
`key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope
`of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some
`concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a
`prelude to the more detailed description that is presented
`later.
`Methods and systems are described for distributing video
`content. In addition, a media player (e.g., a video player) is
`described that provides enhanced video navigation and
`video content sharing. A video may include multiple seg(cid:173)
`ments in terms of subject-matter content, even though the
`video may be continuous in nature. Optionally, the video
`may be arbitrarily logically divided into segments even
`though the video is in the nature of a single item of content.
`The video content may be streamed from a server over