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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Scott P. Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Abbas T. Mahyari, Newark, CA (US);

Kenan Malik, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aidan Patrick Donohoe, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gouri Shivani Varambally, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott P. Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Abbas T. Mahyari, Newark, CA (US);

Kenan Malik, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aidan Patrick Donohoe, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gouri Shivani Varambally, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04H 20/14 (2008.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for controlling a playback experience for one or more videos is disclosed. Actions are specified in control documents for the one or more videos. The actions specify start time and duration for each action, optional introductory or confirmation messages or interface controls, optional gestures, and/or intents that are triggered by the actions. The various control documents are compiled into a single control document that includes a link to the one or more videos and the actions various. Multiple parties can control the playback experience with multiple control documents to provide a multi-layered control experience.


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