RETRIEVAL AND PLAYOUT OF MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

An example method involves receiving a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including first and second content items; retrieving first data representing the content items, and using the retrieved first data to play out the content items in accordance with the sequence; making a first determination of whether the playlist defines a placeholder between the first and second content items; responsive to the first determination being that the playlist defines a placeholder, making a second determination of whether a condition has been satisfied, wherein the condition corresponds to a content category type; and responsive to the second determination being that the condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item of the content category type, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to play out the content item in between playing out the first and second content items.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item, and further defining a placeholder in between the first and second media content items; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to play out the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; making a first determination of whether the playlist defines a placeholder between the first and second media content items; responsive to the first determination being that the playlist defines a placeholder between the first and second content items, making a second determination of whether a condition has been satisfied, wherein the condition corresponds to a content category type; and responsive to the second determination being that the condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item of the content category type, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to play out the media content item of the content category type in between playing out the first and second media content items.