Methods and systems for playing video while transitioning from a content-item preview to the content item

MW Reckhow, MJ Matas - US Patent 10,685,471, 2020 - Google Patents
A content item includes content such as video. A preview of a content item that includes
video is displayed by an electronic device, where displaying the preview includes playing …

Dynamic multi-view interactive digital media representation lock screen

SJJ Holzer, P Gabriel, KG Martin… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Described are systems and processes for generating multi-view interactive digital media
representations (MIDMR) for display on a user device. In one aspect, a mobile device is …

Systems and methods for adaptive and responsive video

Y Bloch, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy, B Feldman - US Patent 10,460,765, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for providing adaptive and responsive media are disclosed.
In various implementations, a video for playback is received at a user device having a …

Methods and systems for unfolding video pre-roll

J Bloch, B Feldman, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy - US Patent 10,448,119, 2019 - Google Patents
Method and accompanying system for an unfolding video pre-roll. A primary video having a
fixed play length is presented and, in temporal proximity to at least a portion of the primary …

Systems and methods for nonlinear video playback using linear real-time video players

J Bloch, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy, B Feldman - US Patent 10,582,265, 2020 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for nonlinear media playback using a linear media player are
described. In one implementation, a video tree representing a branching video presentation …

System and method for data mining within interactive multimedia

J Bloch, B Feldman, T Zubalsky… - US Patent 11,232,458, 2022 - Google Patents
During the presentation of an interactive video, a user may interact with the interactive video
by, eg, making selec tions, choosing options, etc. related to one or more aspects of the …

Symbiotic interactive video

J Bloch, B Feldman, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
In a method and accompanying system for providing symbiotic media content, one or more
advertising units comprising advertising video content are received at a user device. During …

Systems and methods for parallel track transitions

J Bloch, B Feldman, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Multiple video streams are simultaneously received, with each stream including a plurality of
portions. A video comprising a first portion of a first one of the video streams is presented …

Media stream rate synchronization

J Bloch, B Feldman, T Zubalsky, Y Hofshy… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Media streams or files, such as audio and video streams, within a media presentation are
synchronized by dynamically adjusting the playback rate of one or more of the streams …

Methods and systems for auto-zoom based adaptive video streaming

Y Chen, D Gao - US Patent 10,313,417, 2019 - Google Patents
Automatic adaptive zoom enables computing devices that receive video streams to use a
higher resolution stream when the user enables zoom, so that the quality of the output video …