Patent ID: 9009760
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a video client device, the method comprising: sending a request for video content to a server device; receiving, in response to the request, a video stream including digital video disc (DVD) features that correspond to one or more portions of the video content; detecting the DVD features within the video stream; receiving, in response to the request, a control application associated with the video content, which, when executed by the video client device, renders the DVD features; decoding, based on a codec application hosted on the video client device, the control application and the DVD features within the video stream; identifying, after the decoding, an Enhanced Television (ETV) binary interchange format (EBIF) standard associated with the DVD features; determining that the DVD features include an instruction to present the DVD features for display, presenting the DVD features for display, on a display device associated with the video client device, where presenting the DVD features for display enables a user, of the video client device, to interact with the DVD features as though the video content was being played by a DVD player; receiving selection of a DVD feature, of the DVD features; and obtaining, from the server device, a portion of the video content, of the one or more portions of the video content, that begins at a point that corresponds to the selected DVD feature.