System and method for emulating enhanced and interactive streaming media delivery

A method of reviewing an enhanced streaming media presentation comprising:

• opening a browser window containing an embedded media player and a browser based enhancement parser program in a graphical user environment;
• opening an enhanced streaming media file containing enhancement information;
• advancing said streaming media file to the commencement of an enhancement;
• playing said enhanced streaming media file;
• parsing said enhanced streaming media file using said browser based enhancement parser program to extract said enhancement information;
• generating browser enhancement code using said browser based enhancement parser program employing said enhancement information;
• and
• executing said browser enhancement code within said browser to render an enhancement.

A system for reviewing enhanced streaming media presentations comprising:

• a CPU;
• a display device;
• a user input device;
• a graphical user interface;
• a browser disposed in said graphical user interface;
• a media player embedded in said browser;
• and
• a browser based enhancement parser program embedded in said browser that extracts trigger information from said enhanced streaming media presentation and generates browser enhancement code to render an enhancement within said browser, said program further determining that if an enhancement is a streaming media advertisement, pausing said enhanced streaming media presentation, displaying said streaming media advertisement, and resuming display of said enhanced streaming media presentation.

A system for reviewing enhanced streaming media presentations comprising:

• a CPU;
• display means;
• user input means;
• graphical user interface means;
• browser means disposed in said graphical user interface means;
• media player means embedded in said browser means;
• and
• browser based enhancement parser program means embedded in said browser means that extract trigger information from said enhanced streaming media presentation and generate browser enhancement code to render an enhancement within said browser means, said program means further determining if an enhancement is a streaming media advertisement, pausing said enhanced streaming media presentation, displaying said streaming media advertisement, and resuming display of said enhanced streaming media presentation.