SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING MORE THAN ONE VIDEO CONTIENT AT A TIME

摘要

A system for loading videos includes an interactive video player with a loader. The videos are organized at the source in segments in a tree structure. The interactive video player pre-loads, ie downloads in advance, those segments likely to be selected next according to a priority scheme based on parameters such as popularity of the segments, user characteristics such as gender, age, location, viewing history. Multiple segments may be downloaded simultaneously. The segments are then intended to be seamlessly played out in accordance with the user selections.