Patent ID: 7904812

Claim:
A method for simultaneously displaying and determining the sequence of scenes in a narrative on a client device comprising: retrieving from a repository a first scene having no predefined beginning middle or end and a second scene having no predefined beginning middle or end, the repository including a browseable narrative that includes said first scene and said second scene; executing a first display instruction wherein at least a portion of said first scene is displayed; executing a link; and executing a second display instruction wherein at least a portion of said second scene is displayed, wherein said first and second scenes are comprised of content that is not dependent on any prior content in a narrative, and wherein said first and second scenes are linked in a non-linear relationship and wherein the resulting combination of said first and second scenes forms a seamless, continuous, understandable narrative; wherein at least one of said first and said second scenes is a dynamic scene; wherein executing a link includes receiving user inputs and selecting or formulating links based on the received inputs, and wherein executing a link causes scenes to be configured in a non-linear relationship.