Patent ID: 7051283

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving information from a transmitter and providing the information to a user, the apparatus comprising: a display for providing visual information to the user, the visual information including an image and at least one active area; at least one touch button associated with the active area; a frame grabber, responsive to data received from the transmitter, for dividing the data into a plurality of frames; a memory for storing the plurality of frames into a hierarchy level sequence of memory frames, wherein a hierarchy level of each memory frame corresponding to a transmission rate of the data, and each memory frame being uniquely identifiable and having: a first information portion corresponding to the image to be displayed on the display; a second information portion corresponding to the active area of the image and associated with the touch button; and a third information portion corresponding to a link to a different memory frame and associated with the active area of the image; and a controller for identifying which memory frame is to have its first information portion displayed on the display, for identifying when a touch button associated with the second information portion has been activated, and for identifying the third information portion associated with the activated touch button; wherein the apparatus displays a first image and at least one active area associated with a first memory frame, and when the touch button associated with the active area of the first memory frame is activated, the apparatus displays a second image and the active area associated with a second memory frame.