VIDEO BASED INTERFACES FOR VIDEO MESSAGE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES
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1. A method for providing a multi-media user interface to subscriber equipment over a digital wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an access request at a communications platform, the access request being received from a video capable device and associated with a video based service;
identifying multi-media content associated with the access request, the multi-media content including video content and audio content;
providing at least a portion of the multi-media content to the requesting device;
rendering the at least a portion of the multi-media content on the requesting device;
receiving an actuation from the requesting device; and
augmenting the provision of the multi-media content based on the actuation.
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Abstract
The user interface to a video based telecommunications system is enriched by the provision of multi-media user interfaces. The user interface may include active video portions along with instructional audio or may be icons or thumbnails representing available video information. Menu structures can be animated by changing the color or characteristics of the menu items in synchronization with the audio information and responsive to actions taken by the user.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for providing a multi-media user interface to subscriber equipment over a digital wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an access request at a communications platform, the access request being received from a video capable device and associated with a video based service;
identifying multi-media content associated with the access request, the multi-media content including video content and audio content;
providing at least a portion of the multi-media content to the requesting device;
rendering the at least a portion of the multi-media content on the requesting device;
receiving an actuation from the requesting device; and
augmenting the provision of the multi-media content based on the actuation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telecommunications system that provides a multi-media user interface to user devices over a digital wireless telecommunications network, the telecommunications system comprising:
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a transcoding gateway interfacing to the digital wireless network for receiving control, video and audio content and for providing response, video and audio content to the user devices on the digital wireless network;
a message store for storing video and audio content;
a video media server interfacing to the transcoding gateway and the message store, and in response to being accessed by a user device, being operable to;
identify the type of access;
identify video and audio content associated with the type of access in the message store;
provide at least a portion of the video content and audio content to the user device;
receive actuation signals from the user device; and
modify further provision of video and audio content based on the receive actuation signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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