Patent ID: 6714215
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for interactively presenting one or more media items providing supplemental content for a graphical user interface (GUI) that supports the presentation of primary content via an output device, comprising the steps of:determining whether a position indicator is located proximate to a location on the GUI, the location associated with one of the media items; if the position indicator is located proximate to the location associated with one of the media items, then displaying an indicator representing the media item associated with the location of the position indicator by cycling through a visual presentation of the indicator, the indicator providing an indication that supplemental content supported by the media item is available for presentation in connection with the location; determining whether the indicator has been selected in response to receipt of an input signal issued by an input device; and if the indicator has been selected, then presenting the supplemental content for the media item corresponding to the selected indicator via the output device.