<< A recent patent application was brought to the public's attention on Bnet. The patent lends people to believe that Google may begin using YouTube to host some sort of online games. Google's patent, Web-Based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos, was filed back in February, but was just published in December. The patent brings about the idea of interactive video clips that can contain link objects, which can be used to jump to specific parts of the video. This can sort of be understood like a DVD menu, where clicking on a certain choice will jump you to a certain scene of the movie.>>

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/12/30/google-may-host-games-on-youtube

"A patent application filed in February and released to the public this week reveals Google's attempt to build games on top of digital videos using an interactive annotation system.

The application for a "Web-Based System For Generation Of Interactive Games Based On Digital Videos" indicates Google engineers have been experimenting with new collaborative tools in an effort to expand the collaborative tools of video-sharing services like YouTube.
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http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/213397/youtube-may-soon-host-interactive-games/

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