ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING A WEB PAGE STAGING AREA

摘要

A web page staging area enables the construction of web pages hidden from the view of the user. Once a web page has been constructed, it is displayed to the user in response to timer event information or upon receipt of a particular command instructing that it be displayed. Use of the staging area provides the user with a more television-like experience in viewing content from the Internet or other source in that the user need not view a web page as it is being constructed on a display device. Use of timer event information for displaying the constructed web page permits synchronization of the web page with associated programming.