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`10-19-1998 IFW Scan & PACR Auto Security Review
`11-16-1998 Notice Mailed--Application Incomplete--Filing Date Assigned
`03-04-1999 Application Is Now Complete
`03-05-1999 Application Dispatched from OIPE
`05-28-1999 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
`10-25-1999 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
`11-05-1999 Mail Non-Final Rejection
`11-05-1999 Non-Final Rejection
`05-09-2000 Response after Non-Final Action
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`United States Patent [19]
`Stuckman et al.
`
`[ii] Patent Number:
`[45] Date of Patent:
`
`6,145,000
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`[54] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING
`AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA
`RESOURCE PROGRAM
`
`5,838,906
`5,898,833
`5,937,163
`
`79/202
`11/1998 Doyle et al..............
`(cid:26)(cid:19)(cid:28)(cid:18)(cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:23)
`4/1999 Kidder
`.................
`8/1999 Lee et al
`................ 7/218
`
`[75]
`
`Inventors: Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin;
`Barry James Sullivan, Long Grove;
`Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin;
`Richard Omanson, Naperville; Jordan
`Howard Light, ML Prospect; Robert
`Wesley Bosiemeyer, Jr., St. Charles;
`James Richard Mor,
`Plainfield;
`Kent E. Genin, Chicago, all of Ill.
`
`[73] Assignee: Ameritech Corporation, tloffman
`Estates, Ill.
`
`Appl. No.: 09/167,514
`
`Oct. 6, 1998
`Filed:
`. . . . . . . . . . . . .
`Int. C 7.
`. . . .
`. .. G06F 15/16
`[511
`[52] U.S. Cl .........
`709/219; 709/201; 709/202;
`709/217; 709/218; 709/229; 707/10; 707/501;
`707/513; 345/339; 345/357
`.....
`...... ... 709/200, 201-203,
`[58] Field of Search .
`709/217-219, 227-229, 231-232, 245-246;
`707/9-10, 102, 104, 500-501, 513; 345/339,
`352-357
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`1998, p. B7.
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`Publication entitled: Guides Charaterizing the Interface;
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`1, p. 179-180, Published Jan. 1997.
`
`Primary Exaininer-Zarni Maung
`A.Mstant Examiner---3harat Barot
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm--Brinks iofer Gilson & Lione
`
`[57]
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`A method and system for creating and navigating linear
`hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system
`includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having
`a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more
`remote information nodes. A common remote information
`node is in communication with a subscriber station and the
`remote information nodes in the distributed network. The
`common remote information node contains at least one
`linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-
`selected media elements from one or more hypermedia
`resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media
`element in the linear program having only one forward link
`to the next media element. The method includes the steps of
`downloading and displaying a media element in the linear
`program and responding to user commands to download and
`display the next media element in the linear program.
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`40 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets
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`Sheet 3 of 13
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`HYPERMEDIA
`RESOURCE
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`23
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`AMERITECH®
`CORPORATION
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`AMERITECH® CORPORATION
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`IN A WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY,
`PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE™
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`FORWARD
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`START
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`DOWNLOAD AND DISPLAY A FIRST
`BASE MEDIA ELEMENT
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`DOWNLOAD AND DISPLAY OTHER
`MEDIA ELEMENTS FROM THE
`HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PER
`USER COMMAND
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`DISPLAY FORWARD LINK BUTTON
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`44
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`USER
`SIGNAL?
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`BASE MEDIA ELEMENT
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`HYPERMEDIA
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`DISPLAY OTHER
`FROM THE (cid:49)(cid:40)(cid:58)
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`HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PER (cid:56)(cid:54)(cid:40)(cid:53)(cid:3) (cid:38)(cid:50)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:36)(cid:49)(cid:39)(cid:64)(cid:3) Fig. 6
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING
`AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA
`RESOURCE PROGRAM
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`FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating a third embodiment
`of a method for generating a linear hypermedia resource
`program.
`FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating a fourth embodiment
`of a method for generating a linear hypermedia resource
`program.
`FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of a method for generating a
`linear hypermedia resource program in billing a user.
`FIG. (cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:3) diagrammatically
`illustrates one preferred
`embodiment of navigating a linear hypermedia resource
`program.
`FIG. 14 diagrammatically
`illustrates one preferred
`embodiment of a method for creating a linear hypermedia
`resource program.
`FIG. 15 illustrates an alternative embodiment for of a
`method for creating a linear hypermedia resource program.
`DIETAILLD DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTI.Y
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
`The present invention addresses the need for creating and
`navigating entertaining Web programs
`that filter out
`unwanted information and present desired information in a
`series of linearly linked websites. In one embodiment of the
`present invention, a user starts with the first site and in a
`guided tour fashion, when finished, is directed exclusively to
`the second site. When done with the second site, the user is
`directed exclusively to the next site, etc. The progression of
`sites defines a programmed linear hypermedia resource path
`that is geared towards the entertainment of the user. Users
`may also implement the system and method described in
`more detail below for educational purposes or as a research
`tool
`Referring to FIG. 1, a system 10 for use in navigating and
`generating a linear hypermedia resource program is shown.
`The system 10 includes a distributed hypermedia data net-
`work 12 having a plurality of information nodes 14 and a
`common remote information node 16 all in communication
`with each other. A subscriber station 18 is in communication
`with the common remote information node 16 over a com-
`munication line. In one embodiment, the distributed hyper-
`media data network 12 may be the Web where the informa-
`tion nodes and common remote information node 14, 16 are
`servers, memory devices, personal computers, or the like
`that are capable of storing, processing, and exchanging data
`with other information nodes. The subscriber station 18 may
`be a personal computer or other device having capability of
`communicating with the common remote information node
`16 and presenting audio, visual, or tactile information
`received from the common remote information node 16.
`As shown in FIG. 2, each information node may contain
`a plurality of hypermedia resources 20. Lach hypermedia
`resource 20 contains a plurality of individual media ele-
`ments 22, including a base media element 24, that are
`associated by an indexed tree 21. In one embodiment, each
`hypermedia resource 20 may be a website on the Web. The
`base media element 24 can comprise a selected Web page of
`the website that serves as a logical entry point to the website.
`The plurality of other media elements 22 can include the
`additional pages of the website along with other media that
`may include audio and video clips and, optionally, tactile
`records that are convertible to tactile information by means
`of a user interface device that includes tactile or force
`feedback. Each of the information nodes 14 in the distrib-
`uted hypermedia data network 12 may contain one or more
`hypermedia resources 20.
`Unlike a typical search result from an Internet search
`engine on the Web, a linear hypermedia resource program
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`(cid:20)(cid:19)
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`BACKGROUND OF TIlE INVENTION
`The World Wide Web (the "Web") provides an alternative
`source of information for consumers and business users.
`Some users also view the Web as a source of entertainment.
`Surfing the Web, cybercafes, etc. appeal to the sophisticated
`Web user as a way of having a good time.
`Many Americans raised in the television age view enter-
`tainment as a serial event. Specifically, generations of view-
`ers have experienced television shows, movies, radio
`programs, and concerts which all proceed linearly from a
`beginning to an end. Some potential Web users of this 5
`generation view surfing the Web as intimidating from per-
`haps two respects: (1) the use of technology; and (2) the
`increasingly unorganized, virtually unlimited number of
`choices that are available. The Web is not inherently a linear
`entertainment medium. AWeb user may typically go directly 2
`from any given site to a large number of other sites. At best,
`some websites provide links to similar sites, however they
`typically do not offer more than a cursory indication of what
`the linked sites contain.
`In addition, even sophisticated Web users are often frus-
`trated by the amount of useless, undesirable material that
`appears on the Web. Take, for example, a user who wishes
`to look at pictures of classic automobiles. A search on classic
`automobiles may yield 10,000 hits. A website-by-website
`search for interesting material may yield many sites that do 30
`not meet the user's expectations as to the content, properties
`or quality. Some sites may be a single page that prompts a
`user to order a catalog. Other sites may have text but no
`pictures.
`Accordingly, there is a need for creating entertaining Web
`programs that appeal to a wide cross section of potential
`viewers.
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`BRIEF DESCRIIION OF TIlE DRAWINGS
`FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system for use in creating and
`navigating a linear hypermedia resource program according
`to a preferred embodiment.
`tIG. 2 illustrates hypermedia resources that may reside on
`information nodes in the distributed hypermedia network of 45
`FIG. 1.
`11G. 3 diagrammatically illustrates a linear bypermedia
`resource program and the selected base media elements in
`each of the desired hypermedia resources of the hypermedia
`resource data network.
`FIG. 4 illustrates a user interface for use in navigating a
`hypermedia resource program in accordance with one
`embodiment of the present invention.
`FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a method for navigating a 55
`linear hypermedia resource program.
`FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating an alternative method
`for navigating a linear hypermedia resource program in
`accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
`FIG. 7 illustrates a user interface for prompting a user for 60
`an experience level in accordance with one embodiment of
`the present invention.
`FIG. 8 illustrates a method of generating a linear hyper-
`media resource program utilizing the system of FIG. 1 in
`accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. 65
`11G. 9 illustrates an alternative embodiment of a method
`of generating linear hypermedia resource program.
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`includes a selected group of media elements that are asso-
`ciated by a series of exclusive forward and backward links
`that are, in one embodiment, accessible at all times as the
`hypermedia resources are browsed. FIG. 3 pictorially rep-
`resents an embodiment of a preferred linear bypermedia 5
`resource program in the context of the media element or
`elements in hypermedia resources connected by the linear
`hypermedia resource program 23. As shown in FIG. 3, a
`linear program may include a selected base media element
`from each of a number of hypermedia resources of interest. 1c
`Each base media element 24 is placed in a particular
`program element 25
`in the linear hypermedia resource
`program 23 such that the program will move the user
`between hypermedia resources in a predetermined manner
`along an exclusive chain of linear links 27, each selected 15
`base media element having one exclusive forward link and
`one exclusive backward link. Each program element 25
`maybe a media element 22 from a hypermedia resource 20.
`In one embodiment, the program element 25 maybe
`the
`universal resource locator (URL) for each selected media 20
`element 24. In an alternative embodiment, each program
`element 25 may be the entire content of a base media
`element 24.
`Preferably, the program elements 25 of a linear hyperme-
`dia resource program 23 are stored in the common remote c5
`information node 16 controlled by the internet service
`provider used by a subscriber at a subscriber station 18 (HG
`1). Tb accelerate the accessibility of each program element
`in a linear hypermedia resource program, each program
`element is preferably fully cached in the common remote 30
`information node so that all the information of the media
`element comprising each program element is retrieved prior
`to executing the linear hypermedia resource program. In this
`manner, variations in communication speeds between the
`common remote information node 16 and the information 35
`nodes 14 containing selective hypermedia resources are
`minimized. As mentioned above, each media el