Apparatus and a method for providing information
First Claim
14. A method of providing information to a user, the method comprising:
- a) providing an information providing means for providing visual information to the user and being adapted to provide active areas of a user interface providing the visual information, b) storing a number of information units, each unit being uniquely identifiable and comprising;
first information relating to a visual image to be provided by the providing means, second information relating to;
which areas of the providing means are active during providing of the visual image by the providing means, and for each active area, third information relating to which information unit to provide on the providing means when the actual active area is activated, c) identifying which actual information unit is to have its first information provided on the providing means d) providing the first information relating to the actual information unit on the providing means, e) identifying when an active area of the providing means has been activated, f) identifying which active area of the providing means has been activated, g) on the basis of the area identified and the third information relating to the activated area and of the actual information unit, subsequently providing on the providing unit the first information of an information unit relating to the third information of the actual information unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing information to a user, comprising means for providing visual information to the user, the information providing means being adapted to provide active areas of a user interface providing the visual information, means for storing a number of information units, each unit being uniquely identifiable and comprising first information relating to a visual image to be provided by the providing means and second information relating to which areas of the providing means are active during providing of the visual image by the providing means, and for each active area, third information relating to which information unit to provide on the providing means when the actual active area is activated, first means for identifying which information unit is to have its first information provided on the providing means, the identifying means being adapted to cause the providing means to provide the first information of the identified information unit. Second means for identifying when an active area of the providing means has been activated during providing of the first information of an actual information unit and third means for identifying which active area of the providing means has been activated and altering means for, on the basis of the area identified by the third identifying means and the third information, of the actual information unit, relating to the identified activated area having the identifying means subsequently identify the information unit relating to the third information of the actual information unit.
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20 Claims
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14. A method of providing information to a user, the method comprising:
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a) providing an information providing means for providing visual information to the user and being adapted to provide active areas of a user interface providing the visual information, b) storing a number of information units, each unit being uniquely identifiable and comprising;
first information relating to a visual image to be provided by the providing means, second information relating to;
which areas of the providing means are active during providing of the visual image by the providing means, and for each active area, third information relating to which information unit to provide on the providing means when the actual active area is activated, c) identifying which actual information unit is to have its first information provided on the providing means d) providing the first information relating to the actual information unit on the providing means, e) identifying when an active area of the providing means has been activated, f) identifying which active area of the providing means has been activated, g) on the basis of the area identified and the third information relating to the activated area and of the actual information unit, subsequently providing on the providing unit the first information of an information unit relating to the third information of the actual information unit. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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20-1. A method according to any of claims 14-20, wherein the information units are classified in different levels and transmitted with different rates depending on said level.
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