Peter A Cardillo

US Patent:

20040080528, Apr 29, 2004

Filed:

Apr 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/836155

Inventors:

Alan Rand - Richmond VA, US
Robert Kuhn - Pelham NY, US
Peter Cardillo - Huntington NY, US
Marco Bianco - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

WATCHIT.COM,INC.

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/738000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for presenting programs over the Internet to a user's computer are disclosed. The programs include video and text corresponding to the video, wherein the text is preferably advanced page by page, in synchronization with the video. Preferably, access is provided to additional information, including web pages stored by servers external to the organization, information stored in the organization's system and information served to the user's computer. The information is accessible through activation points in the text and elsewhere on a graphical user interface, which directly access the information or which directs the user to other activation points for accessing the information. The accessible information or references to the accessible information is served to the user's computer prior to presentation of the program.