Multimedia providing system, multimedia conversion server, and multimedia terminal

A multimedia conversion server comprising:

• access means for accessing a server through Internet;
• obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content from the server;
• converter means for converting the markup language and the multimedia content obtained, into a format suitable for communication with a multimedia terminal;
• and
• transmitter means for retransmitting the markup language and the multimedia content converted, to the multimedia terminal.

A multimedia terminal comprising:

• access means for accessing a server on the Internet through a multimedia conversion server;
• obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content through the multimedia conversion server;
• and
• display means for displaying the obtained multimedia content in accordance with the obtained markup language.

A multimedia providing system, comprising:

• a server capable of transmitting multimedia content onto Internet;
• a multimedia conversion server capable of obtaining the multimedia content and retransmitting the content to the outside of the Internet;
• and
• a multimedia terminal capable of obtaining the multimedia content retransmitted and providing the content for a user to use the content, wherein
• the multimedia conversion server includes
• first access means for accessing the server through the Internet,
• first obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content from the server,
• separator means for separating video information from the multimedia content obtained by the first obtaining means,
• synthesizer means for synthesizing the separated video information and the markup language obtained by the first obtaining means to attain an image,
• converter means for converting the image synthesized by the synthesizer means and the multimedia content obtained by the first obtaining means, into a format suitable for communication with the multimedia terminal, and
• transmitter means for retransmitting the image and the multimedia content converted by the converter means, to the multimedia terminal, and
• the multimedia terminal includes
• second access means for accessing the server through the multimedia conversion server,
• second obtaining means for obtaining the image and the multimedia content retransmitted, and
• display means for displaying the image obtained by the second obtaining means.