Patent ID: 9088826
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting information through a multimedia device, the method comprising: associating interactive informational items with particular points in time within a program; displaying a trickplay bar comprising tick marks representing points in time within the program, the tick marks including particular tick marks representing the particular points in time, each particular tick mark of the particular tick marks indicating that at least a particular interactive informational item of the interactive informational items is available for viewing when the program is paused within a certain distance of the particular tick mark; in response to a determination that the program is being played during a point in time that is within a threshold distance of a first point in time, the first point in time associated with one or more of the interactive informational items, displaying while the program is playing, an indication that the one or more of the interactive informational items are available when the program is paused at that point; and in response to receiving user input that causes the program to pause while the indication is being displayed, displaying, while the program is paused, a particular link whose selection causes the multimedia device to display the one or more of the interactive informational items associated with the first point in time.