Provisioning interactive video content from a video on-demand (VOD) server

摘要

A system may send a request for video content to a server device; obtain, in response to the request, control information, associated with the video content, where the control information may include one or more digital versatile disc (DVD) features that correspond to one or more portions of the video content; and present the control information, for display, via a user interface, where presenting the control information for display may enable a user, of the video client device, to interact with the control information as though the video content was being played by a DVD player. The system may also receive selection of a DVD feature, of the one or more DVD features; and obtain, from the server device, a portion of the video content, of the one or more portions of the video content, that begins at a point that corresponds to the selected DVD feature.

主权项

1. A method, performed by a video client device, the method comprising:
sending a request for video content to a server device; receiving, in response to the request, a video stream including digital video disc (DVD) features that correspond to one or more portions of the video content; detecting the DVD features within the video stream; receiving, in response to the request, a control application associated with the video content, which, when executed by the video client device, renders the DVD features; decoding, based on a codec application hosted on the video client device, the control application and the DVD features within the video stream; identifying, after the decoding, an Enhanced Television (ETV) binary interchange format (EBIF) standard associated with the DVD features; determining that the DVD features include an instruction to present the DVD features for display, presenting the DVD features for display, on a display device associated with the video client device, where presenting the DVD features for display enables a user, of the video client device, to interact with the DVD features as though the video content was being played by a DVD player; receiving selection of a DVD feature, of the DVD features; and obtaining, from the server device, a portion of the video content, of the one or more portions of the video content, that begins at a point that corresponds to the selected DVD feature.