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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Peter Kozdon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eli Jacobi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naser Shikhzadegan, San Jose, CA (US);
Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for delivering multimedia data to a user. The multimedia data is stored on a computer network which can consist of a private network or intranet or a public network like the Internet. The multimedia data to be delivered is typically stored in a combination of hypertext markup language (HTML) and audio file formats (WAV, MPEG, AU, etc.) and typically delivered using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The multimedia data contains a visual portion of data such as text and graphics and an audio portion of data such as music. The visual portion of the data is delivered to the user's computer via a computer network. The audio portion of the data is delivered to the user's telephone via a telecommunications network.