VIDEO PLAYER FOR USE OVER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, SUCH AS STREAMING INTERNET VIDEO PLAYER WITH UNOBTRUSIVE ADVERTISING

摘要

A system for displaying educational, informational, commercial, and other types of video and other content via a communications network is disclosed. In some examples, the system comprises displaying via a client video player a digital video programme and related digital media content. The related digital media content is relevant to the digital video programme, and this relevancy is communicated to the user, such as via visual, aural, or other cues displayed in association with the related digital media content. The cues may be displayed during a duration of relevancy, or a time period in which the related digital media content is relevant to the digital video programme. The user may access the related digital media content before, during, or after display of the digital video programme, and before, during, or after the duration of relevancy. Related digital media content is presented upon selection of the content by the user.