Interactive digital environment structured in the format of a paper publication

• US 20040061721A1
• Filed: 09/18/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Luca Bosurgi
• Original Assignee: Luca Bosurgi
• Inventors: Bosurgi, Luca
• Application Number:
  US10/664,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20040061721A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

The present invention relates to software tools for facilitating the management and navigation of World Wide Web sites, interactive digital environments, and other types of data systems by structuring them like a paper publication instead of using hyperlinks to facilitate user navigation. The present invention provides a system in which each screen represents a multiple page spread, and each page allows a combination of text, motion, image, or video in a multimedia format.

Claims

1. A system for an interactive digital environment, structured in the format of a paper publication, said system comprising:

an interactive component including a plurality of multimedia feature pages,

a navigational component which has an executable code for flipping the pages over a network connection, and an application which allows a user to navigate to any page instinctively, and

a spine, which is located in between the first and second folds on the cover page and whose location becomes to the left of said first fold and said second fold after said cover page, whose functions include, but are not limited to, a navigations means or volume control means.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an e-commerce component, said component facilitating products placement, illustration and purchase of products displayed over the network connection.

3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising an electronic bookmarks,

4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising a third fold.

5. The system according to claim 3, further comprising a fourth fold.