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System and method for creating and navigating a linear hypermedia resource program
Assignee: SBC Holdings Properties LP
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Filing: 2007-04-06
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Granted: 2009-05-26
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Expires: 2027-04-06
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program.
Inventors
- 👤 Bruce Edward Stuckman
- 👤 Barry James Sullivan
- 👤 Wayne Robert Heinmiller
- 👤 Richard Omanson
- 👤 Jordan Howard Light
- 👤 Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr.
- 👤 James Richard Morse
- 👤 Kent E. Genin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:13
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/16; G06F3/165; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/20; G06F16/00; G06F16/60; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/954; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/04817; G06F3/0482; G06F3/0484; G06F3/04842; H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/02; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/25; H04N21/262; H04N21/26258; H04N21/40; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/47202; H04N21/478; H04N21/4782; H04N21/80; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N21/8586; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/14; H04L12/1432; H04L12/1485
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A method comprises: providing a list of products for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding products image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a product from the list of products to produce a selected product; providing a list of product options corresponding to the selected product for display in the map area and a corresponding product option image for display in the display area; receiving a selection of a product option from the list of product options to produce a selected product option; and providing at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information regarding the selected product option for display in the display area, wherein a hypermedia resource program includes the selected product, the selected product option, and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
A method comprises: providing a list of products for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding products image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a product from the list of products to produce a selected product; providing a list of product options corresponding to the selected product for display in the map area and a corresponding product option image for display in the display area; receiving a selection of a product option from the list of product options to produce a selected product option; and providing at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information regarding the selected product option for display in the display area, wherein a hypermedia resource program includes the selected product, the selected product option, and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of claim 1 further comprises: the selected product providing a first media element corresponding to a first Web page; the selected product option providing a second media element corresponding to a second Web page; and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information provides a third media element corresponding to a third Web page.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 further comprises: providing a list of product categories for display in the map area of the user interface and a corresponding product categories image for display in the display area of the user interface; and receiving a selection of a product category from the list of product categories to produce the list of products.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 further comprises: receiving the selection of the product via a highlight and select user operation; and receiving the selection of the product option via the highlight and select user operation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 further comprises: providing a backward option for display in a command area of the user interface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 5 , wherein the backward option comprises at least one of: a first backward option for selecting the list of products; a second backward option for selecting the list of product options.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
174 words
The method of claim 6 further comprises: receiving a selection of the first backward option; providing the list of products for display in the map area and the corresponding products image for display in the display area in response to the selection of the first backward option; receiving a selection of another product from the list of products to produce another selected product; providing another list of product options corresponding to the another selected product for display in the map area and another corresponding product option image for display in the display area; receiving a selection of another product option from the another list of product options to produce another selected product option; and providing at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information regarding the another selected product option for display in the display area, wherein the hypermedia resource program includes the another selected product, the another selected product option, and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information regarding the another selected product option.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
117 words
The method of claim 6 further comprises: receiving a selection of the second backward option; providing another list of product options for display in the map area and another corresponding product option image for display in the display area; receiving a selection of another product option from the another list of product options to produce another selected product option; and providing at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information regarding the another selected product option for display in the display area, wherein the hypermedia resource program includes the another selected product option and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, textural, and tactile content information regarding the another selected product option.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the list of products comprises: a list of furniture; a list of automobiles; a list of cigars; and a list of vacation locations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 further comprises: providing a forward option for display in a command area of the user interface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 10 , wherein the forward option comprises at least one of: a first forward option for selecting the list of product options; and a second forward option for selecting a list of specific options from the list of product options.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding product image comprises: at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural product content information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding product option image comprises: at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural product option content information.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
124 words
A method comprises: providing a hypermedia resource program of a plurality of products: providing a segment of the hypermedia resource program corresponding to at least one first product of the plurality of products for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a media element displayed in the segment of the hypermedia resource program to produce a selected media element; and providing another segment of the hypermedia resource program corresponding to at least one second product of the plurality of products for display in the map area based on the selected media element and a selected media element image for display in the display area.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
124 words
A method comprises: providing a hypermedia resource program of a plurality of products: providing a segment of the hypermedia resource program corresponding to at least one first product of the plurality of products for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a media element displayed in the segment of the hypermedia resource program to produce a selected media element; and providing another segment of the hypermedia resource program corresponding to at least one second product of the plurality of products for display in the map area based on the selected media element and a selected media element image for display in the display area.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 14 further comprises: receiving a selection of another media element displayed in the another segment of the hypermedia resource program to produce another selected media element; and providing an image corresponding to the another selected media element for display in the display area, wherein the image includes at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the selected media element image comprises: at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, and textural content information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 14 further comprises: receiving the selection of the media element displayed in the segment of the hypermedia resource program via a highlight and select user operation.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 14 further comprises: providing a backward option for display in a command area of the user interface.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 18 , wherein the backward option comprises at least one of: a first backward option for selecting the segment of the hypermedia resource program; and a second backward option for selecting the another segment of the hypermedia resource program.
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