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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin A Shiels, Bristol, GB;
Richard S Cole, Redhill, GB;
Paul J Rankin, Horley, GB;
Rosa Freitag, London, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520009 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for user interaction with a branch-structured narrative entertainment, where user input influences the selection of paths at branch points. A user interface (14) holds a record of the narrative structure (48) with the audio and video components being called up from remote or local storage as required. A record is kept (52) of previous user interactions during a narrative and, for one or more branch points, path selection is made by the apparatus at least partially on the basis of the accumulated record.