Hierarchical bit stream markup compilation and rendering

A computer storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to:

• receive a formatted video content, the formatted video content comprising Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the formatted video content including a plurality of display objects, each display object having one or more conditions;
• process the formatted video content with a process that is specific to the format of the video content by pre-cascading the CSS with the XHTML, via a first routine specific to the format of the video content, to generate one or more rendering-style records for each of the one or more conditions of each display object, wherein one or more types of interactive input can be the one or more conditions upon which the rendering-style record for each display object is generated;
• compile the processed video content with a second routine, wherein the second routine is a client-specific routine specific to a predetermined client, the client-specific routine to create one or more serialized binary bit streams corresponding to the video content, wherein the serialized binary bit streams preserves the one or more conditions upon which the rendering-style record for each display object is generated;
• and
• transmit, via a head-end in a transmission over a satellite/Cable TV (CATV) network, the one or more serialized binary bit streams to the predetermined client.

A Multiple System Operation system (MSO), comprising:

• storage for video content in an original markup language that includes layout, rendering, UI interaction, and dynamic aspects of the video content,
• wherein the video content comprises Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and includes a plurality of display objects, each display object having one or more conditions;
• and
• one or more headends each having one or more servers, wherein each server includes a compiler to:
• compile the processed video content with a routine specific to a predetermined client to create one or more serialized binary bit streams corresponding to the video content, wherein the serialized binary bit streams preserves the layout, rendering, UI interaction, and dynamic aspects of the video content from the original markup language, wherein the compiler processes the video content via a markup-specific routine to generate one or more rendering-style records for each of the one or more conditions of each display object, wherein one or more types of interactive input can be the one or more conditions upon which the rendering-style record for each display object is generated.