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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Vivek Paul Gundotra, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ajmal Arshan Asver, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Bader-Wechseler, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Gary Besbris, Cupertino, CA (US);
William M. Biggs, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David M. Cohen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amar Gandhi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brett Rolston Lider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Noam Lovinsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Stephen Steiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for searching and playing multimedia content on a social network portal is disclosed. The system and method includes hosting a social network portal of a user, wherein the social network portal displays information of the user. The method further includes integrating, on the social network portal of the user, a multimedia controller. A selection or mouse-over of the multimedia controller initiates and controls the playback and selection of a multimedia item on an integrated multimedia player. The method also includes enabling a user to simultaneously navigate the social network portal and stream content via the integrated multimedia player. A user can also search for or request multimedia content via the multimedia controller and player.