Network arrangement for development delivery and presentation of multimedia applications using timelines to integrate multimedia objects and program objects
First Claim
1. A network arrangement for the delivery and presentation of multimedia applications comprising:
- a network,one or more file servers connected to the network, at least one of said file servers containing multimedia assets and at least one of said file servers containing program objects,a user terminal connected to the network and including a display for displaying a plurality of timelines, a graphical user interface for placing icons representing one or more said multimedia assets on a first of said plurality of timelines and for placing icons representing one or more said program objects on a second of said plurality of timelines and a processor for integrating multimedia objects from the one or more multimedia assets associated with said first timeline with the one or more program objects associated with said second timeline to produce an interactive multimedia application,a user input device cooperating with the user terminal for retrieving from the one or more file servers and for playing back or executing at least one object at a relative time represented on the interactive multimedia application.
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Abstract
A network arrangement for the delivery and presentation of multimedia applications includes one or more file servers, containing multimedia assets and program objects connected to the network. A user terminal connected to the network includes a display for displaying a plurality of timelines. The terminal also includes a graphical user interface for placing icons representing multimedia assets on one timeline and icons representing program objects on another timeline. The terminal has a processor which integrates multimedia objects from the multimedia assets associated with the first timeline with the program objects associated with the second timeline to produce an interactive multimedia application. A user input device cooperates with the user terminal to retrieve from the file server(s) and to playback or execute one or more objects at a relative time presented on the interactive multimedia application.
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19 Claims
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1. A network arrangement for the delivery and presentation of multimedia applications comprising:
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a network, one or more file servers connected to the network, at least one of said file servers containing multimedia assets and at least one of said file servers containing program objects, a user terminal connected to the network and including a display for displaying a plurality of timelines, a graphical user interface for placing icons representing one or more said multimedia assets on a first of said plurality of timelines and for placing icons representing one or more said program objects on a second of said plurality of timelines and a processor for integrating multimedia objects from the one or more multimedia assets associated with said first timeline with the one or more program objects associated with said second timeline to produce an interactive multimedia application, a user input device cooperating with the user terminal for retrieving from the one or more file servers and for playing back or executing at least one object at a relative time represented on the interactive multimedia application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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