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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Samuel Thomas Scott, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Timo Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lena D. Sack, San Francisco, CA (US);
Garth A. Lewis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kristen V. Holbrook Donato, Burlingame, CA (US);
WebTV Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, device and system for displaying at a user interface device a richly-detailed video or TV file upon selecting a link to a web page corresponding to the file. After the video or TV file has played, the web page is displayed, inserting a television or video experience into a web surfing experience. The video or TV file is downloaded to the user interface device during an otherwise idle time when bandwidth for downloading is available. Clicking the link to the web page may send a specialized URI from the device to a service center that signals the device to play the video or TV file and retrieve the web page, allowing the service center to manage display of the video or TV files. This has particular utility for links that are banner advertisements and provide video or TV advertisements upon clicking the banner to access a web page.