Video-on-demand system

摘要

A video-on-demand system including a video server storing video-on-demand content and for streaming video-on-demand through a first layer of an internet page having a first layer and a second layer; and a controller for causing there to be formed in the second layer a plurality of selectable overlay images such that a user at a location in communication with the internet remote from the video server and the controller can display streamed video-on-demand of the first layer in combination with the overlay images of the second layer and can select one of the overlay images; wherein the overlay images correspond to respective control functions for the video-on-demand stream; and the controller is responsive to selection of an overlay image to change the video-on-demand stream in accordance with the corresponding respective control function.

主权项

1. A video-on-demand system accessible over the internet, the system comprising:
a video server configured to store video-on-demand content and to stream video-on-demand through a first layer of an internet page, the internet page including the first layer and a second layer; and a controller to cause formation in the second layer of a plurality of selectable overlay images such that a user at a location in communication with the internet remote from the video server and the controller can display streamed video-on-demand of the first layer in combination with the overlay images of the second layer and can select one of the overlay images, wherein the overlay images correspond to respective control functions for the video-on-demand stream, and the controller is responsive to selection of an overlay image to change the video-on-demand stream in accordance with the corresponding control function.