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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRabindranath Dutta, Michael Richard Cooper, Kamal Chandrakant Patel
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A system, method and program of the invention enables a user to view, at a later time, transitory messages, e.g., advertisements, that the user may have previously missed. The multimedia objects containing the messages are stored automatically without user action when the multimedia object is rendered at the client. In response to a user action, a list of the stored multimedia objects are displayed to the user along with selectable controls for rewinding and replaying the list of stored multimedia objects. The user may select each multimedia object from the list one at a time for replaying, or the user can use the selectable controls to replay or rewind a succession of the stored multimedia objects. The multimedia objects may include an animated GIF multimedia object, a moving picture type multimedia object, a vector graphic multimedia object, and a static image multimedia object.
A method for displaying, at a client, transient messages received over a network, the method comprising:
A computer program product having computer readable program code means on a computer usable medium having instruction means for enabling a display, at a client, of transient messages received over a network, comprising:
A computer system having means for displaying, at a client, transient messages received over a network, the system comprising:
A method for redisplaying, at a client, at least one transient message displayed in a browser, the method comprising:
A computer system having means for redisplaying at least one transient message displayed in a browser, the system comprising:
A computer program product having computer readable program code means on a computer usable medium having instruction means for enabling a redisplaying of at least one transient message displayed in a browser, the computer program comprising:
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