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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Eric I. Feng, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Hua Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Eric I. Feng, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Hua Zheng, Beijing, CN;
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing advertisements into a streamed media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of transmitting a webpage to a user computer, wherein the webpage includes instructions comprising instructions for embedding a media program player in the webpage, wherein the embedded media program player comprises an embedded search utility for accepting a textual user query, receiving a search query from the user computer in a media server, the search query entered into the embedded search utility, generating search results responsive to the user search query, transmitting the search results to the media program player embedded in the webpage, rendering the search results using the media program player; and displaying the rendered search results to the user.