Patent ID: 6133912
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
A method of delivering information to subscribers on a communication network, wherein a plurality of data providers and a plurality of processing devices, each processing device uniquely associated with a subscriber, are connected to said network, comprising the steps of:receiving a sequence of INFO IDs by said plurality of processing devices, each INFO ID uniquely identifying information in a plurality of INFO sources connected to said network;reading a sequence of information from said plurality of INFO sources in accordance with said sequence of INFO IDs;selecting at least one data provider by each subscriber to display data that is received from said at least one data provider via said network; andcontinuously displaying said sequence of information simultaneously with said data received from said at least one data provider selected by said each subscriber on an associated processing device such that said sequence of information and said data requested by said each subscriber are simultaneously viewable, and wherein said data to be displayed on said associated processing device is selectable by said each subscriber, the display of said sequence of information is not controllable by said each subscriber and does not change in response to the selection of said data by said each subscriber.