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US 6,185,585 B2Granted
System and method for distribution and navigation of internet content
AssigneeCorporate Media Partners
InventorWilliam J. Sequeira
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Abstract
A system and method for navigating Internet content with a limited or non-existent return channel, limited bandwidth and/or a set-top box with limited processing power.
Claims10
A method for distributing Internet content to a processor to be displayed on an output device comprising:
- collecting Internet content;
- generating a first bit-mapped image of said Internet content wherein said Internet content includes a link and said first bit-mapped image includes a visual representation of said link;
- partitioning said first bit-mapped image into a set of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said set of bit-mapped images is suitable for display on the output device;
- generating a link tag for said link wherein said link tag is associated with said link, said visual representation of said link, and the image in said set of bit-mapped images which contains said visual link;
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- distributing said link tag and said set of bit-mapped images to the processor.
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A method for distributing Internet content to a processor for displaying on an output device comprising:
- generating a first and second bit-mapped image of said respective first and second Internet content wherein said first Internet content contains a link referencing said second Internet content and first said first bit-mapped image contains a visual representation of said link;
- partitioning said first and second bit-mapped image into a first and second set of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said first and second set of bit-mapped images is suitable for display on the output device;
- generating a link tag for said link in said first set of bit-mapped images wherein said link tags are associated with said link, said visual representation of said link, and an image in said set of second bit-mapped images;
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- distributing said link tag and said set of second bit-mapped images to the processor.
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A method for distributing Internet content to a processor for displaying on an output device comprising:
- generating a first and second bit-mapped image of said respective first and second Internet content wherein said first Internet content contains a link referencing said second Internet content and first said first bit-mapped image contains a visual representation of said link;
- partitioning said first and second bit-mapped image into a first and second set of partitions comprised of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said first and second set of partitions is suitable for display on the output device;
- assigning a unique partition id to each partition in said first and second set of partitions;
- generating a link tag for said link in said first set of bit-mapped images;
- associating said link tag with said partition id of said partition in said second set of partition which the link tag refers;
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- distributing said link tag and said first and second set of partitions to the processor.
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A system for distributing Internet content to a processor to be displayed on an output device comprising:
- means for collecting Internet content;
- means for generating a first bit-mapped image of said Internet content wherein said Internet content includes a link and said first bit-mapped image includes a visual representation of said link;
- means for partitioning said first bit-mapped image into a set of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said set of bit-mapped images is suitable for display on the output device;
- means for generating a link tag for said link wherein said link tag is associated with said link, said visual representation of said link, and the image in said set of bit-mapped images which contains said visual link;
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- means for distributing said link tag and said set of bit-mapped images to the processor.
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A system for distributing Internet content to a processor for displaying on an output device comprising:
- means for generating a first and second bit-mapped image of said respective first and second Internet content wherein said first Internet content contains a link referencing said second Internet content and first said first bit-mapped image contains a visual representation of said link;
- means for partitioning said first and second bit-mapped image into a first and second set of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said first and second set of bit-mapped images is suitable for display on the output device;
- means for generating a link tag for said link in said first set of bit-mapped images wherein said link tags are associated with said link, said visual representation of said link, and an image in said set of second bit-mapped images;
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- means for distributing said link tag and said set of second bit-mapped images to the processor.
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A system for distributing Internet content to a processor for displaying on an output device comprising:
- means for generating a first and second bit-mapped image of said respective first and second Internet content wherein said first Internet content contains a link referencing said second Internet content and first said first bit-mapped image contains a visual representation of said link;
- means for partitioning said first and second bit-mapped image into a first and second set of partitions comprised of bit-mapped images wherein each image in said first and second set of partitions is suitable for display on the output device;
- means for assigning a unique partition id to each partition in said first and second set of partitions;
- means for generating a link tag for said link in said first set of bit-mapped images;
- means for associating said link tag with said partition id of said partition in said second set of partition which the link tag refers;
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- means for distributing said link tag and said first and second set of partitions to the processor.
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