Patent ID: 6381620
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A rich text medium displaying method, comprising the steps of:calculating a medium expanding time-length required to expand each particular rich text medium of a particular multimedia title to a display image suitable to a particular output format of a title reproducing terminal in a server; sending a scenario specifying a display time of each particular rich text medium and the medium expanding time-lengths of the particular rich text media from the server to the title reproducing terminal; recognizing the display time of each particular rich text medium according to the scenario in the title reproducing terminal; sending a medium expanding request, which indicates to expand one particular rich text medium to a display image and to send the display image of the particular rich text medium to the title reproducing terminal at the display time of the particular rich text medium, to the server at a specific time earlier than the display time of each particular rich text medium by the medium expanding time-length of the particular rich text medium; converting one particular rich text medium to a display image suitable to the particular output format of the title reproducing terminal in the server each time the medium expanding request is received; sending the display image of each particular rich text medium from the server to the title reproducing terminal at the display time of the particular rich text medium; and displaying the display image of each particular rich text medium at the display time of the particular rich text medium to reproduce the particular multimedia title.