Patent ID: 6539417
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A reconfigurable audiovisual previewing system for providing product information related to a product of interest from a multimedia server to a customer, the reconfigurable audiovisual previewing system comprising:a user interface module configured to identify said product of interest; a media communications module couple to said user interface module and a network management center that creates files with product information for distribution only to selected end clients, said media communications module configured to transmit, in response to said identification, a request for said product information stored in said multimedia server and to receive and play said product information retrieved from said multimedia file server and distributed to the selected end clients in response to said transmitted request, said media communications module including an MPEG audio player; and a plurality of application programs, wherein, in response to execution of one of said application programs, said reconfigurable previewing system is configured to communicate said product information and product information of a second product to said customer, the second product related to the product of interest.