US 12,069,344 B2
Automated video-preroll method and device
Frank Sinton, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Beachfront Media LLC, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Beachfront Media LLC, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,052.
Application 17/182,052 is a continuation of application No. 16/160,922, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,932,008.
Application 16/160,922 is a continuation of application No. 12/710,291, filed on Feb. 22, 2010, granted, now 10,104,436, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/154,724, filed on Feb. 23, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/154,729, filed on Feb. 23, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0014823 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/482 (2013.01) [H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of automating sequencing of a requested video and a supplemental video shown by a computer using different players, the method including:
accessing, from computer memory, a program code that defines at least two HTML containers on a web page in which requested video content and supplemental video content are programmed to be shown, such that
a first HTML container of the two HTML containers is defined to show the supplemental video content in a first format in a first video player;
a second HTML container of the two HTML containers is defined to show the requested video content in a second format in a second video player that is a different instantiation than the first video player's instantiation,
wherein the second video player is invoked in accordance with the second format, separately than the first video player's instantiation;
wherein
the supplemental video content in the first HTML container is initially viewable and the requested video content in the second HTML container is initially not viewable; or
the requested video content in the second HTML container is initially viewable and the supplemental video content in the first HTML container is initially not viewable; and
configuring a first trigger in the program code to enable viewability of the second initially not viewable HTML container, such that when the first trigger is satisfied, the second initially not viewable HTML container becomes viewable and the first initially viewable HTML container moves behind the second initially not viewable HTML container or becomes not viewable.