Patent ID: 11917271
Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A system, comprising:
one or more memories storing instructions; and
one or more processors that are coupled to the one or more memories and, when executing the instructions, are configured to perform the steps of:
playing back a first portion of an interstitial segment associated with a media title, wherein the interstitial segment is immediately preceded by a first media segment associated with the media title and provides a plurality of playback options that correspond to different subsequent media segments associated with the media title;
at a choice point located at the end of the first portion of the interstitial segment, receiving a user selection of a first playback option that is included in the plurality of playback options and corresponds to a first subsequent media segment associated with the media title;
while playing back at least a first part of a second portion of the interstitial segment that is subsequent to the choice point, buffering at least a first portion of the first subsequent media segment for playback; and
at a switch point included in the second portion of the interstitial segment, switching playback from the second portion of the interstitial segment to the first subsequent media segment.