Patent ID: 8151297

Claim:
A remote station for use in a multimedia distribution system having a central multimedia provider and a plurality of remote stations, said remote station comprising: a receiver for receiving a plurality of multimedia elements and control information from said central multimedia provider; a database for storing a plurality of different predefined display arrangements, wherein said display arrangements provide the look and feel of multimedia presentations; a control unit for: processing said control information; constructing multimedia sequences from a subset of said multimedia elements based on said processed control information, wherein at least one element in said subset is a video clip; selecting one of said plurality of display arrangements based on said processed control information; assembling said constructed multimedia sequences in the selected one of the plurality of different display arrangements, wherein each of the plurality of display arrangements includes a set of position information indicating where to place the multimedia sequences on a display, and wherein the set of position information is different for each of the plurality of display arrangements; and a broadcasting transmitter for broadcasting said assembled multimedia sequences in said selected display arrangement to a plurality of viewers at user devices, wherein said assembled multimedia sequences are broadcast without receiving input from any of said user devices.