INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING BROADCAST SYSTEM AND DEVICE

摘要

A system for providing entertainment and/or information programming to a plurality of users in a uniquely useful form. The system comprises a point of origin content provider (11) compiling programming into encoded and segmented data files via a predetermined protocol and a computer server (2) capable of digitally recording, uploading, and holding the data files in digital form representing sensory perceptible expressions. The system further includes a means of transmitting the digital data (15) in a time-compressed and possibly encrypted manner and a user controlled apparatus appropriate to the transmission means and having means to receive and store the encoded, compressed digital data files and a means to playback the data files. As the transmissions are received, the appropriate data files are extracted, compiled into discrete data files, possibly watermarked and stored in digital form. Since the predetermined protocol is programmed into the user-controlled apparatus, the data files can be converted to sensory perceptible entertainment and/or information one file at a time.