Disclosed is a method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method including presenting media section descriptions with a selectable time code and a description; presenting a media controller and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points; upon playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item.
1. A method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method comprising:
presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;
presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;
responsive to a user initiating the playback state, (i) playing a media item, (ii) advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and (iii) featuring a first media section description of the plurality of media section descriptions, the first media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item; and
responsive to a user navigation input concerning a second media section description of the plurality of media section descriptions, (i) executing a call to a callback function, (ii) denying a request for a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the callback function and featuring the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, (iii) playing a portion of the media item corresponding to the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, and (iv) adjusting the time indicator along the timeline to a time corresponding to a time code indicated by the callback function.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein featuring the first media section description includes positioning the media section description at a particular on-screen location.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein featuring the first media section description includes featuring a first selectable time code.
6. A system for presenting an interactive media presentation, the system comprising:
an input module configured for receiving user navigation inputs; and
an output module configured for:
presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;
presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;
responsive to a user initiating the playback state, (i) playing a media item, (ii) advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and (iii) featuring a first media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item;
responsive to a user navigation input concerning a second media section description of the plurality of media section descriptions, (i) executing a call to a callback function, (ii) denying a request for a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the callback function and featuring the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, (iii) playing a portion of the media item corresponding to the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, and (iv) adjusting the time indicator along the timeline to a time corresponding to a time code indicated by the callback function.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein highlighting the first media section description includes positioning the media section description at a particular on-screen location.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein featuring the media section description includes featuring a first selectable time code.
11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores instructions which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;
presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;
responsive to a user initiating the playback state, (i) playing a media item, (ii) advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and (iii) featuring a first media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item; and
responsive to a user navigation input concerning a second media section description of the plurality of media section descriptions, (i) executing a call to a callback function, (ii) denying a request for a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the callback function and featuring the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, (iii) playing a portion of the media item corresponding to the second media section description indicated by said user navigation input, and (iv) adjusting the time indicator along the timeline to a time corresponding to a time code indicated by the callback function.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.
13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for featuring the media section description include instructions which when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform the operations of: positioning the first media section description at a particular on-screen location.