Patent ID: 9285947
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for presenting multiple content items, the system comprising: a data store configured to store computer-executable instructions; and a computing device in communication with the data store, wherein the computing device comprises a processor, and wherein the computing device when executing the computer-executable instructions, is configured to: cause presentation of a primary content item comprising a primary audio element and a primary video element, wherein the primary content item is associated with data referencing one or more related content items, each of the one or more related content items related to at least a portion of the primary content item, and wherein the primary content item includes a key portion to be presented regardless of whether any related content items are related to the key portion; obtain, based at least partly on the data referencing the one or more related content items, a first related content item of the one or more related content items, the first related content item comprising at least one of a secondary audio element and a secondary video element; determine an attribute of content portrayed in a first portion of the primary content item; determine, based at least partly on the attribute and one or more presentation rules regarding simultaneous presentation of multiple content items, a presentation configuration for the primary content item and the first related content item, the presentation configuration specifying which of the primary audio element, the primary video element, the secondary audio element, and the secondary video element to present at particular times during simultaneous presentation of the primary content item and the first related content item; cause substantially simultaneous presentation of the primary content item and the first related content item according to the presentation configuration; determine that presentation of the key portion of the primary content item will occur at a particular time; and at the particular time, cause presentation of the key portion of the primary content item instead of causing simultaneous presentation of the primary content item and the first related content item according to the presentation configuration.