Abstract: An inline-customizable widget receives an indication from a user that he would like to customize the widget, offers the user various customization options, and ultimately provides the user with a customized widget (per the user's settings) to be embedded in a web page of the user's choice, as facilitated by the widget itself; every step in the customization process takes place within the widget itself and the user need not edit any widget code or visit any web page separate from the web page in which the widget is originally found.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for online ad delivery based on user feedback. In one example of the method, the method includes creating a categorized ad, serving the categorized ad and its integrated link to a user, receiving user feedback from the categorized ad to formulate a user feedback state of the ad for the user, and combining the user feedback state with existing ad serving criteria.

Abstract: Against this backdrop systems and methods have been developed for displaying content. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for selectively displaying content corresponding to elements.

Abstract: Systems and methods of presenting media access patterns to a user are disclosed herein. A geographic indicator is received from a user. The geographic indicator can be representative of a geographic area. A media item identifier corresponding to a media item having the greatest number of media access requests is identified. The media access requests are received from a plurality of consumers associated with the geographic area. The media item is identified from a logging database that stores media access requests. The media item identifier can be communicated to the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for retrieving and accessing, through a media player rendering a first piece of media, other pieces of media. Metadata may be provided with media content items, such as media files containing media streams. At predefined points in time in the video, the metadata is accessed and any other media associated with that frame of video are determined therefrom. This associated media is then displayed to the user automatically. The associated media may be an advertisement related to what was being shown in that frame, or point in the playback, or additional info about what was being shown in that frame, or point in the playback. The systems and methods can be used for displaying advertisements on web pages or in media players with limited display area.

Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for searching an index by category. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for launching a search program that sends to a browser a search address associated with a selected search category for transmission to a remote computing device.

Abstract: Systems and Methods of presenting video on a display are disclosed. A video clip is displayed on a video display area. The video clip is one of a plurality of video clips in a video playlist. A playlist pane can be displayed and includes video thumbnails displayed in an order that is representative of an order of playing the video clips in the video playlist. Furthermore, one or more selectable video thumbnails can also be displayed. A drag and drop input is received from a user in order to place on the playlist pane a selected video thumbnail from the one or more selectable video thumbnails. The video content corresponding to the selected video thumbnail is added in real-time to the video playlist while simultaneously continuing to play the video clip on the video display area.

Abstract: Methods and systems of presenting video on a computer display having a visible display area are hereby disclosed. At least one video input is received from a video source. A video corresponding to the video put is displayed in a viewing region of the display. The viewing region can be of a size that occupies a fractional portion of the visible display area. The video can be displayed in a translucent fashion so that the video is visible and so that other content displayed on the computer display is visible through the video. After a period of user inactivity, the video can be displayed in an opaque fashion so that other content displayed on the computer display is hidden under the video.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically adding advertisements into a ticker. The disclosure includes receiving a request for a ticker data feed and generating a modified ticker data feed from the original data feed. One or more advertisements are selected and inserted as data items into the modified ticker data feed. The modified ticker data feed is then transmitted to the requester. When rendered on the requestor's device, the modified ticker data feed displays the data items of the originally requested data feed along with the advertisements in a scrolling ticker.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically adding advertisements into a slide show data feed. The disclosure includes receiving a request for a slide show data feed and generating a modified slide show data feed from the original data feed. One or more advertisements are selected and inserted as slides into the modified slide show data feed. The modified slide show data feed is then transmitted to the requester. When rendered on the requestor's device, the modified slide show data feed displays the slides of the originally requested data feed along with the advertisements.

Abstract: A request is received to create a program event to record a program from a broadcast start time through a broadcast end time on a broadcast channel. The program event is created to record the program in a recording for a playback of the program from the recording. Upon an occurrence of an incident likely to prevent the play back, a diagnostic descriptive of the incident is output.

Abstract: A method and system associated with creating an affinity between persons and an online entity through a multi-team game. In one embodiment, the steps of the multi-team game involve at least in part some interaction between the players playing the game and the online entity, so as to engender an affinity between them. In another embodiment, the online entity is associated with online services and thus, affinity is engendered between these online services and the players.

Abstract: A method and system associated with playing a multi-team based game. In one embodiment, the multi-team game comprises multiple teams of players competing for the high score among a series of episodes each having a content release and associated responses. In one embodiment, team scoring is based on correct and incorrect responses, and a temporal factor, and player scoring is based on the player's team scoring and team roster.

Abstract: A request is received to create a program event to record a program from a broadcast start time through a broadcast end time on a broadcast channel. The program event is created to record the program in a recording for a playback of the program from the recording. Upon an occurrence of an incident likely to prevent the play back, a diagnostic descriptive of the incident is output.

Abstract: A video broadcast on a broadcast address of a broadcast network is recorded in its entirety where a request is made for an updated event schedule corresponding to the video broadcast. The updated event schedule is received and a recording is made of the video broadcast received from the broadcast address of the broadcast network according to the updated event schedule.