Patent ID: 8639681
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving selection data generated by a media player application, the selection data being related to at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content; generating an instruction set that includes the selection data, the instruction set being formatted based upon a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schema, the instruction set further including a set of markers, the set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions; and inserting the instruction set into a query portion of a single URI, the query portion of the single URI, when submitted by a viewing media player to a content store causes the content store to use the set of markers to provide only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content to the viewing media player in a continuous stream, the continuous stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content.