Method and apparatus for extending structured content to support streaming

Apparatus for sending structured data from a transmitter to a receiver through a network environment, comprising transmit stream modeling language (SML) means for partitioning the structured data into at least one scene by inserting scene delimiter statements, where each scene includes at least one object, where within a scene said SML means opens a stream by inserting a first stream delimiter command;

• where within the stream said SML means uses at least one of an object addition, deletion and modification command and closes the open stream by inserting a second stream delimiter command;
• and means for transmitting the resulting structured data through said network environment to a receiver SML means, where a plurality of scenes cover mutually exclusive time intervals.

Apparatus for sending structured data from a transmitter to a receiver through a network environment, comprising transmit stream modeling language (SML) means for partitioning the structured data into at least one scene by inserting scene delimiter statements, where each scene includes at least one object, where within a scene said SML means opens a stream by inserting a first stream delimiter command;

• where within the stream said SML means uses at least one of an object addition, deletion and modification command and closes the open stream by inserting a second stream delimiter command;
• and means for transmitting the resulting structured data through said network environment to a receiver SML means, where the network environment comprises an RF link between a network operator and a mobile station, where the data receiver comprises the mobile station and where said mobile station comprises a display for displaying a result of processing of said SML data by said receiver SML means.

A mobile station comprising a receiver and at least one data processor coupled to an output of the receiver, said data processor operating under control of a stored program for inputting and interpreting commands contained in received structured data, said data processor being responsive to a presence of a scene delimited by scene commands, where each scene includes at least one object and where a plurality of scenes encompass mutually exclusive time intervals, for receiving a stream delimited by stream commands and within the received stream, for responding to at least one of an object addition, deletion and modification command for rendering a graphical presentation on a display device.