Mobile rich media information system
First Claim
1. A method for experiencing interactive multimedia information on a mobile unit comprising:
- receiving an interaction with a user interface of a mobile unit to subscribe to one or more channels having interactive multimedia content, wherein the mobile unit comprises;
channel application memory for one or more channel applications that provide information for visually presenting the one or more subscribed-to channels; and
a feed store for channel data used to populate information for the one or more channel applications, wherein said channel data is stored in channel-specific memory addresses of the feed store, wherein said channel data associated with at least one of the one or more subscribed-to channels is replaced in the feed store when updated channel data arrives to replace it, and wherein access to at least some channel data in the feed store is restricted to ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels associated therewith;
displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels on a display of said mobile unit, wherein displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels comprises retrieving channel data from the feed store on the mobile unit; and
receiving input to navigate through said interactive multimedia content of the displayed subscribed-to channel and to navigate to different ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels;
wherein the mobile unit further displays one or more system channels and one or more other channels, wherein the one or more system channels comprise a channel listing channel providing information on a plurality of available channels, wherein the mobile unit restricts access to at least some system channel data stored on the mobile unit to said one or more system channels.
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Abstract
A system and method is described for providing an interactive rich media information service to users of mobile devices. The rich media information is presented to users in a plurality of interactive rich media channels. A subscriber-specific data stream is received at the mobile device containing channel data for each of the rich media channel that the user has subscribed to. The channel data is separated and stored corresponding to each such subscribed-to channel. An interactive multimedia runtime container (iMRC). is executed on the mobile device for each subscribed-to channel. The rich media channels are played on the iMRC and displayed on the display of the mobile device. Using the user interface elements of the mobile device, the user may navigate through the information on the channels, navigate between different channels, subscribe or un-subscribe to channels, and enter user preferences for further tailoring the information presented in the subscribed-to channels.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for experiencing interactive multimedia information on a mobile unit comprising:
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receiving an interaction with a user interface of a mobile unit to subscribe to one or more channels having interactive multimedia content, wherein the mobile unit comprises; channel application memory for one or more channel applications that provide information for visually presenting the one or more subscribed-to channels; and a feed store for channel data used to populate information for the one or more channel applications, wherein said channel data is stored in channel-specific memory addresses of the feed store, wherein said channel data associated with at least one of the one or more subscribed-to channels is replaced in the feed store when updated channel data arrives to replace it, and wherein access to at least some channel data in the feed store is restricted to ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels associated therewith; displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels on a display of said mobile unit, wherein displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels comprises retrieving channel data from the feed store on the mobile unit; and receiving input to navigate through said interactive multimedia content of the displayed subscribed-to channel and to navigate to different ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels; wherein the mobile unit further displays one or more system channels and one or more other channels, wherein the one or more system channels comprise a channel listing channel providing information on a plurality of available channels, wherein the mobile unit restricts access to at least some system channel data stored on the mobile unit to said one or more system channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile device comprising:
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channel application memory for one or more channel applications that provide information for visually presenting one or more subscribed-to channels having interactive multimedia content; a feed store for channel data used to populate information for the one or more channel applications, wherein said channel data is stored in channel-specific memory addresses of the feed store, wherein said channel data associated with at least one of the one or more subscribed-to channels is replaced in the feed store when updated channel data arrives to replace it, and wherein access to at least some of said channel data in the feed store is restricted to ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels associated therewith; a display for displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels, wherein displaying one of said one or more subscribed-to channels comprises retrieving channel data from the feed store; and a user interface configured to receive an instruction to subscribe to the one or more subscribed-to channels and configured to receive input to navigate through said interactive multimedia content of the displayed subscribed-to channel and to navigate to different ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels; and wherein the mobile device further displays one or more system channels and one or more other channels, wherein the one or more system channels comprise a channel listing channel providing information on a plurality of available channels, wherein the mobile device restricts access to at least some system channel data stored on the mobile device to said one or more system channels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile device comprising:
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a phone; an operating system; a memory comprising (i) one or more channel applications that provide information for visually presenting one or more subscribed-to channels and (ii) channel data used to populate information for the one or more channel applications, wherein said channel data is stored in channel-specific memory addresses; and a user interface comprising a touch screen, wherein interactive multimedia content of one of the one or more channel applications is displayed on the touch screen, and wherein the user interface is configured to receive input to navigate through said interactive multimedia content of the displayed subscribed-to channel and to navigate to different ones of said one or more subscribed-to channels; and wherein the one or more subscribed-to channels comprise one or more system channels and one or more other channels, wherein the one or more system channels comprise a channel listing channel providing information on a plurality of available channels, wherein the mobile device restricts access to at least some system channel data stored on the mobile device to said one or more system channels. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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