Patent ID: 6177930
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An interactive presentation system for receiving a plurality of series of image frames from a server source, wherein each one of said series of image frames is present in a single, continuous data stream, and is repetitively transmitted from said server source to said system on a cyclic basis, each image frame including a first image data portion from which an image can be displayed, and a second data portion including pre-defined information related to said image, and further including information which links an active image area on said image to another data source that exists in the image frames, said system comprising:interface means for receiving said plurality of series of image frames;switch means coupled to said interface means for selecting at least one of said series of image frames;display means for displaying the image from a first image data portion of an image frame included in said at least one of said series of image frames, said displayed image including index information to other image frames in said series of image frames, said display means further providing a cursor that is user controllable to navigate from index information to index information and to enable selection thereof;processor means responsive to a user selection of an active area of said image that is displayed by said display means, and includes said index information, to employ information from a second data portion associated with said image to operate said switch means to access said another data source without communication with said server source.