Patent ID: 8479246

Claim:
A method for creating an interactive video, the method comprising: encoding and storing the video onto a remote storage medium at a first site; creating a link program adapted to both: (a) interrupt streaming of the video at the remote storage medium to prevent streaming of the video over an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network to a second site; and (b) access ancillary content accessible over the network with a universal resource locator (URL) to a remote site where the ancillary content is stored, the link program linking the ancillary content and the video to a point in time when the streaming of the video from the remote storage medium is interrupted; associating the link program with the video; streaming the video over the network for display; providing the link program over the network; receiving an indication of an interaction with the link program; interrupting, at the first site, the streaming of the video in response to receiving the indication of the interaction with the link program; and continuing the streaming of the video over the network from the point in time when the streaming of the video was interrupted.