Patent ID: 7162696
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus comprising: at least one hot spot defined by a communication with instructions stored on a tangible retaining medium; at least one of the hot spots being accessible from a globally accessible network; means for performing at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions executed with the selection of each particular hot spot; wherein said hot spots reside on and are accessible from a digital video or audio file; wherein said predetermined functions are selected from a mode control; wherein the mode control comprises a plurality of modes; wherein the plurality of modes comprise a shop mode, a bid mode, an interact mode, an entertainment mode, and a link mode; wherein a specific mode is selected by a user through an expandable graphical user interface bar; wherein said specific mode further toggles based on time stamps in said digital video or digital audio file; wherein said hot spots are visualized by outlines, shading, or illumination or a combination of each, at a predetermined area on the display; wherein said Multifunctional Hot Spot apparatus is made to reside on and is executing on a computing system; means, defined by said instructions, for selecting and activating at least one of said predetermined functions by clicking on each particular Multifunctional Hot Spot.