Patent ID: 11956520
Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing a media item that includes a plurality of media item segments that are to be played back in a specific manner, wherein the media item, including its plurality of media item segments, comprises a single data structure, the plurality of media item segments being encoded in a specified order;
generating a plurality of playgraphs for the media item, the playgraphs defining various different playback paths between media item segments;
selecting a specific playgraph from the plurality of generated playgraphs; and
providing the selected playgraph to a playback device, wherein playback of the media item according to the selected playgraph provides a customized presentation of the media item, and wherein playback of the media item according to the selected playgraph includes at least one non-sequential media item segment that is out of order relative to the order in which the plurality of media item segments were initially encoded.