Patent ID: 9277157
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An interactive video content management and display method comprising: loading an interactive video content management system program into a RAM of a video display device; executing the loaded program; creating a layer of one or more items having a metadata to define and link a product specific data; overlaying the layer of items with a video featuring the product, wherein the position of the item is determined by a hotspot defined by spatial and temporal coordinates of the product, where the spatial coordinates of the product describe XY or XYZ coordinates within a video frame and the temporal coordinate describes the appearance of the product in relation to an overall length the video; displaying the video on the video display device with the corresponding interactive overlay layer; selecting the hotspot item of the featured product during a playback of the video whenever the featured product appears in the video; and displaying the product specific data on the video display device, wherein the program creates the hotspot and displays the product specific data whenever the featured product appears in the video content utilizing a product display layer which comprises a first file type comprising the metadata that associates a data-type to a timestamp that is synchronized with a timecode of a timing device, a hot spot area marker identified by the XY or XYZ and temporal coordinates, and a unique product-id marker, wherein said timestamp, hot spot area marker, and product-id marker are associated with the featured product.