Method and system for creating, using and modifying multifunctional website hot spots
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1. A Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus comprising:
- at least one hot spot defined by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium;
at least one of the hot spots being accessible from a globally accessible network;
means for performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot;
wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file;
wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control;
wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes;
wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode;
wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar;
wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file;
wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display;
wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system;
means, defined by said instructions, for selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for creating, using and modifying multifunctional website hot spots including software that identifies, programs and activates hot spots with a plurality of functions wherein the functions include a shopping mode for selecting and purchasing items on a website or in a video, a digital call mode for facilitating videoconferencing and telephone calls over a globally accessible network, a digital storage area for selecting, retrieving and playing selected digital media files, a bid mode that facilitates audio and video communication during multi-task communication interface for conducting an auction and/or accepting bids, an interact mode for communicating a user with a live streamed digital media file, a link mode for directly linking to pre-identified URL addresses and an entertain mode for retrieving and activating digital media files, wherein the functions are selected based on user inputs or predetermined parameters and are activated by clicking a predetermined hot spot.
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18 Claims
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1. A Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus comprising:
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at least one hot spot defined by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium; at least one of the hot spots being accessible from a globally accessible network; means for performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot; wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file; wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control; wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes; wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode; wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar; wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file; wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display; wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system; means, defined by said instructions, for selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A tangible computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code portions stored therein, such that, when executed in a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
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defining at least one hot spot by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium; accessing at least one of the hot spots from a globally accessible network; performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot; wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file; wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control; wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes; wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode; wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar; wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file; wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display; wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system; selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot.
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17. A Multifunctional Hot Spot method comprising:
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defining at least one hot spot by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium; accessing at least one of the hot spots from a globally accessible network; performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot; wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file; wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control; wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes; wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode; wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar; wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file; wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display; wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system; selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot.
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18. a tangible computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code portions stored therein, such that, when executed in a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
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defining at least one hot spot by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium; accessing at least one of the hot spots from a globally accessible network; performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot; wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file; wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control; wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes; wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode; wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar; wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file; wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display; wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system; selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot.
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