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Method and apparatus for accessing and displaying multimedia content

  • US 7,136,870 B1
  • Filed: 03/03/1999
  • Issued: 11/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for accessing and displaying multimedia content, comprising:

  • (a) database means for storing multimedia content records and associated references to media files for a multimedia presentation; and

    (b) software engine means, executable on a computer, for seamlessly accessing a content record in said database means according to a record index value and locating and displaying associated media elements referred to in said indexed content record;

    wherein said software engine means is configured for interpreting embedded instructions within custom tags of said content record that direct access to other content records in said database;

    wherein said software engine means is configured for generating multiple windows and controlling within which window the media elements referred to in said content records are to be displayed;

    wherein at least one of said multimedia content records includes at least one custom tag;

    wherein said software engine is configured to read said custom tag;

    wherein said custom tag instructs said engine to fetch a corresponding multimedia content record from said database;

    wherein said software engine reads said multimedia content record; and

    wherein said at least said portion of said content page is passed to an interface program for display.

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