Patent ID: 9298840
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. One or more hardware computer-readable storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for exposing video user interface elements associated with search engine homepages, the method comprising: receiving a request for presentation of a search engine homepage; transmitting a video file for presentation as the background for the search engine homepage, the video file having a plurality of sequentially-arranged frames, wherein a first portion of the plurality of sequentially-arranged frames contains the same content and a second portion of the plurality of sequentially-arranged frames contains content which differs; when a first user action with respect to the search engine homepage is detected, initiating play of the at least one video element upon detection of the first user action; and when no user action with respect to the search engine homepage is detected within a predetermined amount of time, automatically initiating play of the video file presented as the background for the search engine homepage without user action.