Interactive video interface

• US 20040194017A1
• Filed: 01/05/2004
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jasmin Cosic
• Original Assignee: Jasmin Cosic
• Inventors: Cosic, Jasmin
• Application Number:
  US10/751,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20040194017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/00 Image coding bandwidth or redundancy reduction for static pictures H04N1/41; coding or decoding of static colour picture signals H04N1/64; methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/00

Abstract

A method, for use in an interactive video interface, includes defining a structure of nodes, wherein a node comprises a data structure containing a link to content, selecting the link, and generating an output that is based on the content. The link is one of plural links to different content accessible via the node, and selecting the link includes selecting among the plural links.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining a structure of nodes, wherein a node comprises a data structure containing a link to content;

selecting the link; and

generating an output that is based on the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises an object, and generating the output comprises executing code associated with the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises visual content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual content comprises one or more of digital images, video, and an interactive process.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the interactive process is implemented via a graphical user interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises another node of the structure of nodes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the link comprises one of plural links to different content accessible via the node, and selecting the link comprise selecting among the plural links.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the structure of nodes comprises one or more of the nodes positioned at locations that correspond to content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises non-visual content.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a user interface to interact with the structure of nodes and to present the output.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the content comprises one of external content and internal content, the internal content being located inside the node and the external content being located outside the node.

12. A machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions, the executable instructions causing a machine to:

define a structure of nodes, wherein a node comprises a data structure containing a link to content;

select the link; and

generate an output that is based on the content.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the content comprises an object, and generating the output comprises executing code associated with the object.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the content comprises visual content.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the visual content comprises one or more of digital images, video, and an interactive process.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the interactive process is implemented via a graphical user interface.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the content comprises another node of the structure of nodes.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the link comprises one of plural links to different content accessible via the node, and selecting the link comprises selecting among the plural links.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the structure of nodes comprises the nodes positioned at locations that correspond to content.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the content comprises non-visual content.