System and method for distributing multimedia content

Abstract

A system and method for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network using a portable web widget, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device, the client device having a processor and a memory and the web widget having at least an active operational mode and an inactive operational mode. The web widget includes a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, a content retrieval component configured to retrieve a multimedia content file and associated metadata from a storage resource to the memory of the client device after the web widget enters the active operational mode, a content preview component configured by the client device processor to execute a portion of the retrieved multimedia content file, and a transaction processing component operative to initiate a commercial transaction pertaining to the multimedia content file.

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         67 . A portable web widget for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device, the client device having a processor and a memory, the web widget comprising:
 a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, the content retrieval component configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata from a storage resource to the memory of the client device after the web widget enters an active operational mode, the one or more multimedia display files and metadata associated with each of one or more multimedia content files, the one or more multimedia content files associated with the web widget upon creation of the web widget by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server, the storage resource communicatively coupled to the application server, the web widget entering the active operational mode after a user clicks on the web widget in an inactive operational mode in the web browser;   a content preview component configured to enable the multimedia content distribution system to perform a streamed execution of a portion of each of the one or more multimedia content files in the web browser on the client device based on a selection request made on the web widget in the active operational mode from the user for streamed execution of at least one of the one or more multimedia content files; and   a transaction processing component configured by the processor to execute and complete a commercial transaction pertaining to the one or more multimedia content files.   
     
     
         68 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         69 . The web widget of  claim 68  wherein a duration of the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         70 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio clip of music from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         71 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio-visual clip from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         72 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete the commercial transaction pertaining to each of the one or more multimedia content files upon receipt of an information signal generated from at least one of a single click of a computer mouse communicatively coupled to the client device, a press of a key on the client device, and a gesture on a touchpad provided on the client device. 
     
     
         73 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         74 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         75 . The web widget of  claim 74  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         76 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         77 . The web widget of  claim 76  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IE for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         78 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         79 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         80 . The web widget of  claim 79  wherein the metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name and a musical release name. 
     
     
         81 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         82 . The web widget of  claim 81  wherein the metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         83 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files include a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         84 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the multimedia display files include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         85 . The web widget of  claim 84  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). 
     
     
         86 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         87 . The web widget of  claim 67  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         88 . The web widget of  claim 87  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon Flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         89 . A portable web widget for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device, the client device having a processor and a memory, the web widget comprising:
 a content search component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, the content search component configured to search for one or more multimedia content files accessible from the application server after the web widget enters an active operational mode, the one or more multimedia content files associated with the web widget upon creation of the web widget by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server, the web widget entering the active operational mode after a user clicks on the web widget in an inactive operational mode in the web browser;   a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to the application server over the computer communications network, the content retrieval component configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files from a storage resource to the memory of the client device, the storage resource communicatively coupled to the application server;   a content preview component configured to enable the multimedia content distribution system to perform a streamed execution of a portion of each of the one or more multimedia content files in the web browser on the client device based on a selection request from the user for streamed execution of at least one of the one or more multimedia content files; and   a transaction processing component configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction pertaining each of the one or more multimedia content files.   
     
     
         90 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         91 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         92 . The web widget of  claim 91  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         93 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         94 . The web widget of  claim 93  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IE for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         95 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         96 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         97 . The web widget of  claim 96  wherein the metadata associated with the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical release name. 
     
     
         98 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         99 . The web widget of  claim 98  wherein the metadata associated with the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         100 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files include a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         101 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the multimedia display tiles include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         102 . The web widget of  claim 101  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). 
     
     
         103 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         104 . The web widget of  claim 103  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon Flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         105 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         106 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio clip of music from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         107 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio-visual clip from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         108 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the transaction processing component is configured to execute and complete the commercial transaction pertaining to each of the one or more multimedia content files upon receipt of an information signal generated from at least one of a single click of a computer mouse communicatively coupled to the client device, a press of a key on the client device, and a gesture on a touchpad provided on the client device. 
     
     
         109 . The web widget of  claim 89  wherein the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         110 . The web widget of  claim 109  wherein a duration of the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         111 . A method for multimedia content distribution, the method comprising:
 activating a web widget configured to execute in a web browser on a client device, the client device having a processor and a memory, the web widget associated with one or more multimedia content files upon creation of the web widget by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system executing on an application server, the multimedia content files stored in a storage resource communicatively coupled to the application server;   retrieving from the storage resource to the memory one or more multimedia display files and metadata for each of the one or more multimedia content files associated with the web widget;   receiving a selection request on the activated web widget, the selection request determined from one or more user selections of the retrieved one or more multimedia display files;   performing in the web browser a streamed execution of a portion of each of the one or more multimedia content files from the multimedia content distribution system based on the selection request; and   completing a commercial transaction from within the web widget pertaining to one or more of the multimedia content files associated with the web widget.   
     
     
         112 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         113 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         114 . The method of  claim 113  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         115 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         116 . The method of  claim 115  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IE for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         117 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         118 . The method of  claim 111  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         119 . The method of  claim 118  wherein the associated metadata comprises at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical release name. 
     
     
         120 . The method of  claim 111  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         121 . The method of  claim 120  wherein the associated metadata comprises at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         122 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files comprise a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         123 . The method of claim  11 I wherein the multimedia content files further include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         124 . The method of  claim 123  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). 
     
     
         125 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the executing of the commercial transaction comprises using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         126 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the executing of the commercial transaction comprises using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         127 . The method of  claim 126  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon Flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         128 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio clip of music from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         129 . The method of  claim 111  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio-visual clip from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         130 . The web widget of  claim 111  wherein the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         131 . The web widget of  claim 130  wherein a duration of the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         132 . A method for multimedia content distribution over a computer communications network, the method comprising:
 generating a web widget for execution in a web browser, the web widget associated with one or more multimedia content files, each of the one or more multimedia content files having associated metadata, the multimedia content files associated with the generated web widget by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system;   distributing the web widget over the computer communications network to one or more web browsers, each web browser executing on a client device having a processor and a memory, the web widget distributed from a web server in the multimedia content distribution system;   executing the web widget in the one or more web browsers after activation of the web widget in the one or more web browsers;   searching the multimedia content distribution system for the one or more multimedia content files and the associated metadata after receiving a selection request at the web server from the one or more web browsers executing the web widget;   delivering to the web widget one or more multimedia display files and the associated metadata based on the selection request, each of the one or more multimedia display files associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files; and   completing a commercial transaction from within the web widget pertaining to one or more of the multimedia content files associated with the web widget.   
     
     
         133 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         134 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         135 . The method of  claim 134  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         136 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         137 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IE for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         138 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         139 . The method of  claim 132  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         140 . The method of  claim 139  wherein the associated metadata comprises at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical release name. 
     
     
         141 . The method of  claim 132  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         142 . The method of  claim 141  wherein the associated metadata comprises at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         143 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files comprise a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         144 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the multimedia content files further include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         145 . The method of  claim 144  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUM). 
     
     
         146 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the initiating of the commercial transaction comprises using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         147 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the initiating of the commercial transaction comprises using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         148 . The method of  claim 147  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon Flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         149 . The method of  claim 132  wherein the selection request is generated from one of a selecting and a clicking on at least one of a buy button, a link and a preview clip provided in the executing web widget. 
     
     
         150 . A computer program product for viral distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the computer program product adapted for execution in a web browser on a client device, the computer program product comprising computer program code embodied in a computer readable medium, the computer program code comprising:
 program code configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata from a storage resource communicatively coupled to an application server to a memory of the client device after the computer program product enters an active operational mode, the one or more multimedia display files and metadata associated with each of one or more multimedia content files, the one or more multimedia content files associated with the computer program product upon creation of the computer program product by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server;   program code configured to enable the multimedia content distribution system to perform a streamed execution of a portion of each of the one or more multimedia content files in the web browser based on a selection request from the user made on the client device for streamed execution of at least one of the one or more multimedia content files; and   program code configured by a processor in the client device to execute and complete a commercial transaction pertaining to the one or more multimedia content files.   
     
     
         151 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the computer program product enters the active operational mode after a user clicks on the computer program product while displayed in the web browser in an inactive operational mode. 
     
     
         152 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the multimedia display files include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         153 . The computer program product of  claim 152  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). 
     
     
         154 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         155 . The computer program product of  claim 154  wherein a duration of the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         156 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio clip of music from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         157 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio-visual clip from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         158 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the commercial transaction pertaining to each of the one or more multimedia content files is executed and completed upon receipt of an information signal generated from at least one of a single click of a computer mouse communicatively coupled to the client device, a press of a key on the client device, and a gesture on a touchpad provided on the client device. 
     
     
         159 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         160 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         161 . The computer program product of  claim 160  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         162 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         163 . The computer program product of  claim 162  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IF for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         164 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         165 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         166 . The computer program product of  claim 165  wherein the metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name and a musical release name. 
     
     
         167 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         168 . The computer program product of  claim 167  wherein the metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         169 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files include a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         170 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the commercial transaction is executed and completed using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         171 . The computer program product of  claim 150  wherein the commercial transaction is executed and completed using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         172 . The computer program product of  claim 171  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         173 . A computer program product for viral distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the computer program product adapted for execution in a web browser on a client device, the computer program product comprising computer program code embodied in a computer readable medium, the computer program code comprising:
 program code configured to search for one or more multimedia content files accessible from an application server after the computer program product enters an active operational moth the one or more multimedia content files associated with the computer program product upon creation of the computer program product by at least one of a content owner and a content distributor using a multimedia content distribution system executing on an application server;   program code configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata associated with each of the one or more multimedia content files from a storage resource to a memory of the client device, the storage resource communicatively coupled to the application server;   program code configured to enable the multimedia content distribution system to perform a streamed execution of a portion of each of the one or more multimedia content files in the web browser on the client device based on a selection request from the user for streamed execution of at least one of the one or more multimedia content files; and   program code configured to execute and complete a commercial transaction pertaining to each of the one or more multimedia content files.   
     
     
         174 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the computer program product enters the active operational mode after a user clicks on the computer program product while displayed in the web browser in an inactive operational mode. 
     
     
         175 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the multimedia display files include one or more identifiers of physical goods and wherein the commercial transaction is a purchase transaction for one or more of the physical goods associated with the one or more identifiers of the physical goods. 
     
     
         176 . The computer program product of  claim 175  wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one of a Universal Product Code (UPC) and a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). 
     
     
         177 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the computer communications network is at least one of the Internet, a mobile communications network and an intranet. 
     
     
         178 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the web browser is an Internet browser. 
     
     
         179 . The computer program product of  claim 178  wherein the Internet browser is at least one of an Internet Explorer browser, a Firefox browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser and an Opera browser. 
     
     
         180 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the web browser is a mobile device browser. 
     
     
         181 . The computer program product of  claim 180  wherein the mobile device browser is at least one of a Microsoft IF for Mobile browser, a Google Android browser, a Bolt browser, a Teashark browser, a Safari browser and an Opera Mini browser. 
     
     
         182 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the client device is at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a personal digital assistant. 
     
     
         183 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical release. 
     
     
         184 . The computer program product of  claim 183  wherein the metadata associated with the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical release name. 
     
     
         185 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein each of the multimedia content files is a musical selection in a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         186 . The computer program product of  claim 185  wherein the metadata associated with the one or more multimedia content files includes at least one of a title for each musical selection, an artist name, and a musical catalogue name. 
     
     
         187 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the commercial transaction is an intellectual property license when the multimedia content files include a plurality of musical selections in one of a musical release and a musical catalogue. 
     
     
         188 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the commercial transaction is executed and completed using a public transaction processing service. 
     
     
         189 . The computer program product of  claim 188  wherein the public transaction processing service is at least one of the Amazon Flexible Payments Service, the Google Checkout. Service and the PayPal Service. 
     
     
         190 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the commercial transaction is executed and completed using a proprietary transaction processing service. 
     
     
         191 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio clip of music from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         192 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the portion is a thirty second audio-visual clip from each of the one or more multimedia content files in the selection request. 
     
     
         193 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the commercial transaction pertaining to each of the one or more multimedia content files is executed and completed upon receipt of an information signal generated from at least one of a single click of a computer mouse communicatively coupled to the client device, a press of a key on the client device, and a gesture on a touchpad provided on the client device. 
     
     
         194 . The computer program product of  claim 173  wherein the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor. 
     
     
         195 . The computer program product of  claim 194  wherein a duration of the portion performed for streamed execution is determined by at least one of the content owner and the content distributor.