Multimedia system
CA 2118278 C · Owner: American Telephone And Telegraph Company · Inventors: Garland, J. David; Mcgee, Andrew R.
Overview
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Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The provisioning of a multimedia application is enhanced by using a communications protocol which defines a number of different functions and which allows a multimedia application to be segmented into a plurality of logical blocks such that a user may enter a request characterizing one such function and in response thereto, the system performs the function with respect to a particular one of the logical blocks. The underlying multimedia system is also enhanced by arranging it so that an application provider may interact with the system via a telecommunications network for the purpose of for example, storing the application thereon andlor "debugging" the stored application.
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- Filed October 17, 1994 and granted September 7, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 2014.
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