STREAMING HYPERVIDEO AND DYNAMIC HYPERVIDEO

摘要

A data stream comprises a hypervideo data stream including hypervideo data associated with an instance in time in a video. In another embodiment, the hypervideo data stream further comprises target data associated with the instance in time. A method of creating a multimedia stream comprises authoring a hypervideo, including a video. Hypervideo parameters are exported into a hypervideo data stream of a media file. In another embodiment, a data stream of the video is exported into the media file. In one embodiment, a method for authoring a hypervideo that is dynamic, comprises authoring a hypervideo, and defining a hypervideo parameter that may vary during the hypervideo performance. In another embodiment, an event handler is defined that issues a command to vary the parameter upon receiving an event message from the hypervideo. In one embodiment, a method of performing a hypervideo that is dynamic, comprises performing a hypervideo, and varying a parameter of the hypervideo during the performance of the hypervideo. In another embodiment, the parameter is varied upon the occurrence of an event in the hypervideo. In one embodiment, a hypervideo system comprises a dynamic hypervideo server. A player is coupled to the dynamic hypervideo server. A media server is coupled to the player.