Multimedia data publishing system
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Abstract
This present invention concerns a multimedia data publishing system comprising a server connected to a computer network and a plurality of host terminals connected to the said computer network, where the server comprising a database in which digital files are saved containing descriptors of multimedia pages, and a program for management of the database and of the exchanges with the host terminals, the host terminals being equipped with a random access memory for temporarily saving digital files downloaded from the database of the server, and a navigation software for the visual representation of the pages relating to the descriptors of a downloaded file, characterized in that at least some digital files include descriptors of at least two visual representations of a given digital file.
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50 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A multimedia data publication process comprising:
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saving digital files on a server;
transmitting the digital files to a host terminal, in accordance with queries emitted by navigation software on the host terminal; and
displaying a page corresponding to the digital file;
wherein the digital files are saved on the server in the form of a single file for each page displayed, and wherein each of the files includes;
a definition of resources intended to be represented during the display on the host terminal, the resources being defined independently of their dimension, positioning, orientation, and processing and graphical effects;
a definition of the shape of a page display window on the host terminal by a combination of graphical shapes, the graphical shapes each being constructed from one or more resources;
a description of a graphical organization of content of the page by superimposition of graphical contents, where each of the graphical contents are constructed from one or more resources;
interactive buttons;
elements relating to reloading the page displayed, and loading a new page and the elements used to control relations between the host terminal and the server on which the digital file is saved, the display of the page being carried out by the navigation software installed on the host terminal according to the content of the single digital file transmitted by the server, and to specific settings chosen by a user allowing the display with a plurality of visual representations for each of the pages. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A multimedia data publishing system comprising:
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a server connected to a computer network;
a plurality of host terminals connected to the computer network, the host terminals being equipped with a random access memory for temporarily saving a digital file and associated resources downloaded from the server; and
navigation software for visual representation of pages, wherein each of the pages corresponds to a single digital file that includes;
a definition of the resources intended to be represented during the display on the host terminal, the resources being defined independently of their dimension, positioning, orientation and processing and graphical effects;
a definition of the shape of a page display window on the host terminal by a combination of graphical shapes, where the graphical shapes are each constructed from one or more resources;
a description of a graphical organization of the content of the page by superimposition of graphical contents, where each of the graphical contents is constructed from one or more resources;
interactive buttons;
elements relating to reloading the page displayed, and loading a new page and the elements used to control relations between the host terminal and the server on which the digital file is saved, the display of the page being carried out by the navigation software installed on the host terminal according to the content of the single digital file transmitted by the server, and to specific settings chosen by a user allowing the display with a plurality of visual representations for each of the pages. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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