METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING USING ALTERNATIVE LINKBASES
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1. A method for receiving hyperlinks for interactive television, comprising:
- submitting to a linkbase provider a request for one or more hyperlinks, said request including interactive television state information corresponding to a particular device; and
receiving from said provider a response to said request, the provider'"'"'s formulation of said response comprising consulting a linkbase correlating state information with hyperlinks,wherein requests relating to any of multiple programs are submitted, said requests differing only with regard to said state information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for navigating hypermedia using multiple coordinated input/output device sets. Disclosed systems and methods allow a user and/or an author to control what resources are presented on which device sets (whether they are integrated or not), and provide for coordinating browsing activities to enable such a user interface to be employed across multiple independent systems. Disclosed systems and methods also support new and enriched aspects and applications of hypermedia browsing and related business activities.
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1. A method for receiving hyperlinks for interactive television, comprising:
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submitting to a linkbase provider a request for one or more hyperlinks, said request including interactive television state information corresponding to a particular device; and receiving from said provider a response to said request, the provider'"'"'s formulation of said response comprising consulting a linkbase correlating state information with hyperlinks, wherein requests relating to any of multiple programs are submitted, said requests differing only with regard to said state information.
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165. A method for use in a second computerized device set which is configured for wireless communication using a wireless communications protocol that enables wireless communication with a first computerized device set, wherein the first and second computerized device sets include respective first and second continuous media players, the method comprising:
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making available to a user a first user interface that allows the user to select, using an input means associated with the second computerized device set, a continuous media content to be presented to the user, wherein the continuous media content includes a set of encoded video data; making available to the user a second user interface that allows the user to select, using the input means, whether to have the continuous media content presented on either one or both of the first computerized device set and the second computerized device set; wherein, in the event the user selects, via the second user interface, to have the continuous media content presented on the second computerized device set, the second media player decoding the continuous media content for presentation on the second computerized device set; and
,wherein, in the event the user selects, via the second user interface, to have the continuous media content presented on the first computerized device set, wirelessly transmitting, in accordance with a wireless local area network protocol, at least a URL or URI from the second computerized device set to the first computerized device set, wherein the URL or URI facilitates obtaining the continuous media content by the first media player for presentation to the user on the first computerized device set. - View Dependent Claims (166)
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