Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for providing action
selections to an image referencing a product in a video production.
According to the disclosure a method for providing action selections to an
image referencing a product in a video production, said method includes
(1) communicating a video production to a reproducing apparatus, said
video production comprising a placement zone and a trigger zone at least
partially coincident with said placement zone, wherein said trigger zone
comprises a trigger resource identifier, and wherein said placement zone
comprises an image referencing a product; (2) communicating to said
reproducing apparatus an indication that an action selection interface
associated with said product is available in response to a request
corresponding to said trigger; and (3) communicating to said reproducing
apparatus a characterization of said action selection interface, wherein
said action selection interface comprises a selectable action. An
apparatus according to the invention may include a server programmed to
interact and provide action resources to. A system according to the
disclosure may include the facility communicating the video production to
the reproducing apparatus which sends a request to the server which
provides action resources.