SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM
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Abstract
A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program.
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41. A computer readable medium comprising a plurality of computer executable instructions that, upon execution by at least one digital computer, cause the at least one digital computer to create a linear Web tour that includes a hypermedia resource program, the plurality of computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
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providing a list of products for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding products image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a product from the list of products to produce a selected product; providing a list of product options corresponding to the selected product for display in the map area and a corresponding product option image for display in the display area; receiving a selection of a product option from the list of product options to produce a selected product option; and providing at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, textural, and tactile content information regarding the selected product option for display in the display area, wherein a hypermedia resource program includes the selected product, the selected product option, and the at least one of audio, video, graphics, text, textural, and tactile content information. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A computer readable medium comprising a plurality of computer executable instructions that, upon execution by at least one digital computer, cause the at least one digital computer to create a linear Web tour, the plurality of computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
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providing a hypermedia resource program of products; providing a segment of the hypermedia resource program for display in a map area of a user interface and a corresponding image for display in a display area of the user interface; receiving a selection of a media element displayed in the segment of the hypermedia resource program to produce a selected media element; and providing another segment of the hypermedia resource program for display in the map area based on the selected media element and a selected media element image for display in the display area. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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