Patent ID: 7788583

Claim:
A method for displaying video on a computer monitor, comprising the steps of: providing a digitized video clip; creating a control panel including a plurality of control indicators for operation of playback of the video clip; matching a size of the control panel to an image size of the video clip; providing the control panel with a transparent background; merging the video clip and the control panel image together into a compressible format with the control panel layered over the video clip to form a merged video; compressing the merged video; creating a file with the merged video; configuring a script for the file so that the merged video is presented in a full screen display mode with the control indicators shown during the playing of the merged video; and configuring the script for rendering the merged video within an i-frame in a separate webpage, wherein the i-frame is accessible as a layer with settings that enables the i-frame to remain hidden and not disrupt the full screen display mode of the merged video.