Method, apparatus and article for delivering media content via a user-selectable narrative presentation

• Main Authors: Solomon, Edward James, Sack, Adrian, Soderbergh, Steven Andrew, Keesan, Matthew J, Silver, Andrew L, Grunwald, Ronny Heinrich, Brelis, Cynthia P, Chung, Derek H. B, Loeb, Kristin Marie, Siegel, Daniel J, Welch, Caroline S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.03.2019
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

A narrative includes a number of serially connected narrative segments combined by a director or editor in a defined sequence to tell a story. Quite frequently a number of different narrative segments are available to the director or editor. A content delivery editor provides editors and directors with the ability to augment a standard with additional narrative segments that provide alternate perspectives, view, or insights to the narrative consumer. Such provides the ability to convey the same narrative to the narrative consumer using a number of plots, storylines, or perspectives. Branch points in the narrative, defined by the editor or director, provide the narrative consumer the opportunity to follow a storyline they find interesting. Each narrative consumer follows a "personalized" path through the narrative. Through social media, narrative consumers are able to discuss the narrative path with other narrative consumers who have taken a different path through the narrative.