Patent ID: 7360085

Claim:
A method for providing a multimedia presentation to a computer user or to users of devices with a central processing unit equipped with an output display and audio device, comprising: receiving from a server or other transmission devices or by radio and other frequencies in known broadcast and telecommunication spectrums, an encrypted multimedia presentation data file, the multimedia presentation data file which includes and contains or may contain elements of encrypted video component data and files, encrypted audio component data and files, encrypted text component data and files, encrypted hyperlinks and HTML component data and files, encrypted still raster image or graphic component data and files, encrypted motion or still vector image or graphic component data and files, and encrypted synchronization data; displaying a graphical user interface comprising at least first and second display areas for display of decrypted multimedia component data or files and user display controls to interactively display a decrypted multimedia presentation; and concurrently displaying, in the first and second display areas, decrypted multimedia presentation component data or files respectively associated with the first and second display areas, in accordance with user commands entered through the user display controls and further in accordance with the decrypted synchronization data.