PATENT PORTFOLIO
The SeamlessTV portfolio of inventions includes methods for playing a segment with temporal flow and determining whether a content expansion is desired prior to reaching the end of that segment. If a content expansion is desired, then the expansion segment is played. If a content expansion is not desired, then the continuing segment is played. An additional link from the expansion segment to the continuing segment may be included such that the continuing segment is played after the expansion segment has been played.
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Representative claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,467,218
81. A method of seamlessly displaying stored content comprising the acts of:
displaying at least one segment comprising a first stored content;
providing an expansion link from the at least one segment to an expansion segment comprising a second stored content;
selecting a content expansion; and
displaying the second stored content of the expansion segment upon selection of the content expansion, wherein the displayed second stored content forms a continuity with the displayed first stored content.
85. The method of claim 81, further comprising the act of providing a link from the expansion segment to the at least one segment.