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US9083672B2 - System and method for creating and navigating a linear hypermedia resource program - Google Patents
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1. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 13/116,421, filed May 26, 2011, pending, claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility patent application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility patent application for all purposes:
2. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/426,428, filed Apr. 20, 2009, pending, claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility patent application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility patent application for all purposes:
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1. A method of presenting a linear program of audio elements, the method comprising:
selecting a first audio element;
selecting a third audio element;
displaying a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators representing a corresponding one of the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element;
displaying a forward link indicator that selects a next program element of the linear program of audio elements; and
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, selecting the corresponding one of, the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element;
wherein the first audio element, the second audio element and the third audio element are stored on a server of a World Wide Web.
displaying a backward link indicator that selects a previous program element of the linear program of audio elements.
displaying the linear program of audio elements to a subscriber station at a user location over an Internet.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of indicators includes at least one of: text, icons or graphical depictions.
5. A method of presenting a linear program of audio elements, the method comprising:
associating a first audio element, a second audio element and a third audio element in a linearly linked fashion to produce the linear program of audio elements;
displaying the linear program of audio elements to a subscriber station at a user location over the Internet by displaying a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators representing a corresponding one of the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element, wherein the plurality of indicators includes at least one of: text, icons and graphical depictions;
6. A method of presenting a linear program of audio elements, the method comprising:
displaying a backward link indicator that selects a previous program element of the linear program of audio elements;
displaying a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators representing a corresponding one of the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element.
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, highlighting and selecting a corresponding one of, the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element.
10. A method of presenting a linear program of audio elements, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators representing a corresponding one of the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element, wherein the plurality of indicators includes at least one of: text, icons or graphical depictions;
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, selecting the corresponding one of, the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element; and
displaying a forward link indicator that selects a next program element of a linear program of audio elements;
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, highlighting the corresponding one of, the first audio element, the second audio element or the third audio element.
14. A method of presenting a linear program of video elements, the linear program including a first video element, a second video element and a third video element, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of indicators in a map area of a display screen, each of the plurality of indicators representing a corresponding one of the first video element, the second video element or the third video element, wherein the plurality of indicators includes at least one of: text, icons or graphical depictions;
displaying a forward link indicator corresponding to a next program element of the linear program of video elements;
selecting the next program element of the linear program of video elements in response to a user selection of the forward link indicator; and
displaying the selected next program element in a viewing area of the display screen;
wherein the first video element, the second video element and the third video element are stored on a server of a World Wide Web.
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, selecting a selected video element corresponding to one of, the first video element, the second video element or the third video element.
in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of indicators, highlighting the corresponding one of, the first video element, the second video element or the third video element.
displaying a backward link indicator corresponding to a previous program element of a linear program of video elements.
displaying the linear program of video elements to a subscriber station at a user location over the Internet.
receiving a user search request and generating the linear program of video elements in response to the user search request.
20. A method for navigating a linear Web program wherein the linear Web program includes a plurality of addresses that correspond to a plurality of media elements of a World Wide Web, wherein the plurality of addresses are ordered in the linear Web program in accordance with a linear sequence, and wherein the linear Web program and the plurality of media elements are stored on a remote node, the method comprising:
sending data from the remote node to display, in a display window of a display device of a subscriber station at a user location, a first media element of the plurality of media elements, the first media element having a forward link to a second media element of the linear Web program;
sending the linear Web program from the remote node to the subscriber station;
when the first media element is displayed in the display window, receiving a first signal in response to an action of the user indicating a first forward link activation, and in response to the first signal, sending data from the remote node to display in the display window, the second media element of the linear Web program, the second media element having a forward link to a third media element of the linear Web program; and
when the second media element is displayed in the display window, receiving a second signal in response to an action of the user indicating a second forward link activation, and in response to the second signal, sending data from the remote node to display in the display window, the third media element of the linear Web program.
sending data from the remote node that causes the display of a forward link indicator on the display device.
22. The method of claim 20 wherein the plurality of media elements are further associated by a series of backward links.
sending data from the remote node that causes the display of a backward link indicator on the display device.
24. The method of claim 20 wherein the second media element has a backward link to the first media element, and wherein the method further comprises:
when the second media element is being displayed in the display window, receiving a third signal in response to an action of the user indicating a backward link activation; and
in response to the third signal, activating the backward link to the first media element.
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