DIGITAL AUDIO-VIDEO PRESENTATION DISPLAY SYSTEM

ABSTRACT A digital audio-video presentation display system is disclosed for use in an interactive communica-tions system wherein a subscriber may select for viewing on a television a plurality of audio-video presentations consisting of particular sequences of selected video frames and accompanying a...

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Hauptverfasser:	MCNORGAN, RICHARD, MCCALLEY, KARL W, FISCHER, JAMES L, WILSON, STEVEN D, LODBERG, ALLAN E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT A digital audio-video presentation display system is disclosed for use in an interactive communica-tions system wherein a subscriber may select for viewing on a television a plurality of audio-video presentations consisting of particular sequences of selected video frames and accompanying audio. The digital audio-video presentation display system is responsive to commands from a host computer which designates and prepares the presentation for playback to the television of the subscriber who has requested it. The digital audio-video presentation display system includes a digital mass storage subsystem which provides for digital storage of compressed video and audio data, and a plurality of digital audio-video display subsystems which include means for retrieving the selected data from the storage subsystem, means for expanding and reformatting the data into a format suitable for television transmission, and means for controlling the transmission of the information to the subscriber who has requested it.