Patent ID: 7424523

Claim:
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 the 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 information node, the method comprising: sending data from the remote information 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 information node to the subscriber station; sending data from the remote information node that causes the display of a forward link indicator on the display device; receiving a first signal in response to an action of the user indicating an activation of the forward link indicator, and in response to the activation of the forward link indicator, sending data from the remote information 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 receiving a second signal in response to an action of the user indicating an activation of the forward link indicator, and in response to the activation of the forward link indicator, sending data from the remote information node to display in the display window, the third media element of the linear Web program.