Patent ID: 7792925

Claim:
A method for playing full screen video on a user computer comprising: displaying in a user interface at said user computer a web page containing at least one link to an electronic video file; selecting said link to request said video file; downloading said video file to said user computer in response to said request; detecting by said user computer an initial receipt of said video file, wherein said detecting includes determining a display mode of the video file; opening in said user interface a window of a video player in full screen mode in response to said detecting; reading said video file by said player to play said video in said window; encoding said video file with a header and a plurality of tracks; and inserting plural instructions into a selected one of said tracks; wherein said plural instructions are readable by said player so that said player displays information in response to the instructions, wherein said inserting includes inserting a first instruction relating to additional video content, and displaying information in response to said first instruction which includes playing said additional video content within a viewing screen of said player prior to playing said video.