SYSTEM FOR VIEWING CONTENT OVER A NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A system and method for viewing content (32) over the Internet wherein a use r accesses a service provider server to view a character icon (42) provided by the service provider to a user interface device. The user will select web pa ge addresses (40) of subscriber target sites where the user can access enhancement content for the character icon such as for animating the charact er icon on the user device. Addresses for such web sites may be provided to the user based on a particular character icon selection which may, in and of itself, signify interests and/or demographic information (36) of the user. Access to enhancement content will be provided by accessing authorization codes present at the target sites (38). In a preferred embodiment, only certain enhancement content will be operable on certain character icons, thu s requiring the user to locate enhancement content that is compatible with the user's character icon.