Object-Based Audio-Visual Terminal And Bitstream Structure

Apparatus for displaying object-based audiovisual/video data, comprising,

• (a) a controller circuit for controlling acquisition over time of streaming data including a plurality of audio visual/video objects;
• (b) a cache memory for storing at least one of the objects;
• (c) a composer circuit, coupled to the cache memory, for processing composition information to compose scenes from said video objects including the one of the objects stored in the cache memory;
• and
• (d) a display for the composed scenes.

Apparatus for displaying object-based audiovisual/video data, comprising a processor which is instructed for:

• (a) controlling acquisition over time of streaming data including a plurality of audio-visual/video objects;
• (b) storing in a cache memory at least one of the objects;
• (c) processing composition information to compose scenes from said video objects including the one of the objects stored in the cache memory;
• and
• (d) displaying the composed scenes.

Apparatus for displaying object-based audiovisual/video data, comprising:

• (a) means for controlling acquisition over time of streaming data including a plurality of audio-visual/video objects;
• (b) means for storing in a cache memory at least one of the objects;
• (c) means, coupled to the cache memory, for processing composition information acquired to compose scenes from said video objects including the one of the objects stored in the cache memory;
• and
• (d) means for displaying the scenes.