APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO-ON-DEMAND PLAYLIST

摘要

A method of providing programming content from a video server to a client coupled to the video server by a video content network includes the steps of sending, to the client, a playlist describing an interrelationship between at least one program segment and at least one related segment; sending, from the video server to the clie nt over the video content network, video content comprising the at least one program segment and the at least one related segment; and modifying the playlist via communicati on to the client. The steps of sending the playlist, sending the content, and modifyin g the playlist are all accomplished within a single video-on-demand session per user.