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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Robert Douglas Werner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Marusich, San Carlos, CA (US);
Greg Gilman, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert Douglas Werner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Marusich, San Carlos, CA (US);
Greg Gilman, Campbell, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for playing full-screen video on a user computer. The method includes displaying in the user interface at the user computer a web page containing at least one link to electronic video file, selecting the link to request the video file, downloading the video file to user computer in response to the request, detecting by the user computer receipt of the video file, opening in the user interface to window of the video player in full-screen mode in response to the detecting, and reading the video file by the player to play the video in the window. A feature of the present invention is that the video player may not have its preferences preset by the user to open in any particular mode. The mode in which the video player opens will be determined by the downloaded video file.