Aggregate information production and display system
First Claim
1. A media distribution network system comprising:
- a producer station maintaining and transmitting to one or more remote receiving stations an envelope of aggregate data, the envelope of aggregate data including a plurality of media files selected from the group consisting of at least two or more among an audio file, a text or graphic file, and a video file, the envelope of aggregate data further including a mark-up language document having a plurality of tags each respectively associated with at least one of the media files;
a transmission system connected to the producer station and the remote receiving stations, the transmission system broadcasting the envelope of aggregate data from the producer station to one or more remote receiver stations;
a plurality of remote receiving stations then receiving the envelope of aggregate data from the producer station and transmission system and locally store the envelope of aggregate data in a respective local storage medium associated with each such receiving station, each of the plurality of receiving stations including means for accessing the mark-up language document, the mark-up language document providing means for accessing selective ones of the plurality of media files via a plurality of tags, so that at least one of such receiving stations receives the envelope of data and accesses or plays selective media files by opening the envelope and activating one or more of its associated tags.
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Abstract
A production system for packaging aggregates of mixed media information (e.g. text, images, audio, and video) into addressable packets which are transmitted to receivers over a satellite network, with the information aggregates (IA'"'"'s) displayed and arranged for use via an associated Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file, or other such displays language file and associated interpreter. The HTML file, when interpreted and displayed, would provide an organized and easy to access presentation of the mixed-media files transmitted over the satellite network, whereby textual and graphic descriptions could be used to describe the file contends and HTML buttons would allow playback and/or viewing of the linked file information. The HTML file might also include a link to communications software for enabling data dialog with a site external to the receiving station. One example link would include software for a telephone connection. This connection could direct the transmission source station to send more information, as needed. Still other links would allow software stored locally at the receiving station to be accessed and used. A link might also be provided via the internet to external URL addresses. The IA groups and packets would also be useful for distributed, distant teaching systems, with feedback from the receiving sites provided through the communications link to the source station.
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50 Claims
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1. A media distribution network system comprising:
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a producer station maintaining and transmitting to one or more remote receiving stations an envelope of aggregate data, the envelope of aggregate data including a plurality of media files selected from the group consisting of at least two or more among an audio file, a text or graphic file, and a video file, the envelope of aggregate data further including a mark-up language document having a plurality of tags each respectively associated with at least one of the media files; a transmission system connected to the producer station and the remote receiving stations, the transmission system broadcasting the envelope of aggregate data from the producer station to one or more remote receiver stations; a plurality of remote receiving stations then receiving the envelope of aggregate data from the producer station and transmission system and locally store the envelope of aggregate data in a respective local storage medium associated with each such receiving station, each of the plurality of receiving stations including means for accessing the mark-up language document, the mark-up language document providing means for accessing selective ones of the plurality of media files via a plurality of tags, so that at least one of such receiving stations receives the envelope of data and accesses or plays selective media files by opening the envelope and activating one or more of its associated tags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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9. A transmitter system for use in transmitting an envelope of aggregate data to a remote receiving station for local storage by the receiving station, the transmitter comprising:
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a computer system maintaining and storing the envelope of data, the envelope of aggregate data including a plurality of media files selected from the group consisting of at least two among an audio file, a text or graphic file, and a video file, the envelope of aggregate data further including a mark-up language document having a plurality of tags each respectively associated with at least one of the media files; an RF transmitter to which the computer system provides the envelope of aggregate data as output, said RF transmitter modulating the envelope of data for RF transmission of the envelope of data to a remote receiving station so that the receiving station accesses or plays the selected media files by opening the envelope, accessing the mark-up language document, and activating one or more of its associated tags and thereby accessing one or more media files respectively associated with said one or more tags. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A receiver system for receiving an envelope of aggregate data that has been modulated to RF, the receiver system comprising:
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an RF demodulator for demodulating an envelope of aggregate data including a plurality of media files selected from among a group consisting of one or more audio or video files and at least one graphic or text file, the envelope of aggregate data further including a mark-up language document having at least one tag associated with each said media files the demodulator outputting the envelope of aggregate data; a computer system receiving the envelope of aggregate data from the RF demodulator and locally storing the envelope of aggregate data,, the computer system accessing the plurality of media files via the one or more tags of the mark-up language document and thereby accessing or playing a selected media file by activating the respective tag associated with such selected media file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A multimedia data transmission system comprising:
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a producer server providing output to a wireless transmitter and thereby transmitting an RF modulated envelope of aggregate data having a plurality of RF modulated data elements, the plurality of RF modulated data elements including; a plurality of media files preselected from a group to consist of at least an audio file or a video file and a text file, and a mark-up language document having a plurality of tags each respectively associated with at least one of the plurality of media files associated with said envelope; a receiver demodulator receiving the modulated envelope of aggregate data and demodulating the envelope of aggregate data in order to output the envelope of aggregate data to a receiving computer station; and said receiving computer station receiving the envelope of aggregate data from said demodulator in order to simultaneously display said document and said graphic or logo so that the user of said receiving computer station accesses or plays said at least one audio or video file by activation of the associated tag in said document. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A media distribution system of the type useable to send e-mail from a producer station to multiple remote receiving stations, the system comprising in combination:
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a producer station for assembling and simultaneously transmitting to multiple receiving stations a predetermined envelope of aggregate data, the predetermined envelope of aggregate data including a plurality of media files preselected from the group consisting of one or more audio or video files and a text or graphic file, the envelope of aggregate data further including a mark-up language document having at least one tag associated with at least one of such audio or video files among the plurality of media files; a receiving station receiving the envelope, the receiving station locally storing the media files in a respective local storage medium, the receiving station including means for accessing the mark-up language document and thereby accessing a selective one of the plurality of media files via the tag. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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