Patent ID: 8060908

Claim:
A user front-end human interface system for allowing a user to access and control the presentation of multiple assets from asset providers, the assets comprising at least one of video, audio, graphics, script, information, and controls, using a front-end human interface on a user-controllable access device, within an access environment, the system comprising: a network device, storing computer program code, the network device being spaced apart from the access device wherein the front-end human interface is defined by software that is at least partially located: on the network device and is dynamically loaded onto a user's access device in response to the user's access device connecting to the network device means for loading and updating the front-end human interface the front-end human interface allowing for the display and user interaction with a plurality of windows including at least two types of windows selected from the following three types: monitor windows for preview-level access to assets; onscreen windows for high-quality-level access to assets; and companion windows for providing video, audio, pictorial, textural, informational or commercial asset offerings or access to system controls; at least one of the monitor, onscreen and companion windows being equipped with user controls that allow the user to: enable and disable asset interaction or control; and send an asset from a monitor window to an onscreen window.