Systems and methods for providing content in a content list

摘要

Providing content in a content list may include identifying positions within the list where content can be provided. A client agent may automatically play items of content at a first position when determining that the first position is within a displayed region of the content list. The client agent may identify a duration during which the first item is within the displayed region of the list, pause playback of the first item at a point in time when the displayed region of the list is advanced to no longer include the first position, and compare the first duration to a threshold value. The client agent may determine that the displayed region of the list has advanced to a second position and resume playback of the first item near the point in time and at the second position if the duration is less than the threshold value.

主权项

1. A method for providing video content in a content list, comprising:
receiving, at a server from a device, a request for a content list; identifying, by the server, a plurality of positions within the content list where video content can be provided; providing, by the server to the device, the content list for presentation to a user and a client agent for execution by the device, the client agent configured to play items of content and determine that a first position of the plurality of positions is within a displayed region of the content list; receiving, by the server, a request from the device for a first item of content transmitted in response to the determination that the first position of the plurality of positions is within the displayed region of the content list; providing, by the server, the first item of content to the device for automatic playback at the first position within the content list, the client agent identifying a first duration during which the first item of content is within the displayed region of the content list, the client agent pausing playback of the first item of content at a point in time in response to the displayed region of the content list being advanced to no longer include the first position and comparing the first duration to a predetermined threshold value, the client agent determining that the displayed region of the content list has advanced to a second position of the plurality of positions and, responsive to a determination that the first duration is less than the predetermined threshold value, resuming playback of the first item of content near the point in time and at the second position of the content list.