System and/or method for distributing media content

摘要

There is provided a method for use by a media device including a computing platform having a processor, a display, a memory, and a rendering application in the memory for execution by the processor. The method includes playing, using the rendering application executed by the processor, a video on the display, the video having a plurality of protected segments and a plurality of gating segments, and rendering, using the rendering application executed by the processor, while playing the video on the display, a timeline of the video on the display, the timeline showing a representation of a temporal progression of the video. The method also includes visually distinguishing, using the rendering application executed by the processor, at least two or more segments in the timeline selected from both the plurality of protected segments and the plurality of gating segments.

主权项

1. A method for use by a media device including a computing platform having a processor, a display, a memory, and a rendering application in the memory for execution by the processor, the method comprising:
playing, using the rendering application executed by the processor, a video on the display, the video having a plurality of protected segments and a plurality of gating segments; rendering, using the rendering application executed by the processor, while playing the video on the display, a timeline of the video on the display, the timeline showing a representation of a temporal progression of the video; inhibiting a first segment of the plurality of protected segments from being played until a first corresponding segment of the plurality of gating segments is played: and visually distinguishing the first segment of the plurality of protected segments from a second segment of the plurality of protected segments with a second corresponding segment of the plurality of gating segments that has been played.