Patent ID: 9557896
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a playlist of media items for display on a user device, the playlist comprising pointers to media files of the media items to be played one after another without user interaction; receiving a request to insert an interstitial at a user-specified location visually illustrated in the playlist displayed on the user device, wherein the interstitial is additional content to be added after a first media file of a first media item and before a second media file of a second media item; in response to the request, providing an interstitial creation interface for display on the user device, the interstitial creation interface facilitating user input specifying interstitial configuration parameters; receiving, through the interstitial creation interface, the interstitial configuration parameters; creating, by a processing device, the interstitial based on the received interstitial configuration parameters, wherein the interstitial creation interface comprises a preview area to present the interstitial; and inserting a pointer to the interstitial into the playlist at the location.