Integrated Social Network and Stream Playback

A system and method for searching and playing multimedia content on a social network portal is disclosed. The system and method includes hosting a social network portal of a user, wherein the social network portal displays information of the user. The method further includes integrating, on the soci...

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Hauptverfasser: GUNDOTRA VIVEK PAUL, BIGGS WILLIAM M, LOVINSKY NOAM, BESBRIS DAVID GARY, GANDHI AMAR, COHEN DAVID M, ASVER AJMAL ARSHAN, STEINER MATTHEW STEPHEN, BADER-WECHSELER CHRISTOPHER, LIDER BRETT ROLSTON
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method for searching and playing multimedia content on a social network portal is disclosed. The system and method includes hosting a social network portal of a user, wherein the social network portal displays information of the user. The method further includes integrating, on the social network portal of the user, a multimedia controller. A selection or mouse-over of the multimedia controller initiates and controls the playback and selection of a multimedia item on an integrated multimedia player. The method also includes enabling a user to simultaneously navigate the social network portal and stream content via the integrated multimedia player. A user can also search for or request multimedia content via the multimedia controller and player.