Method, a hypermedia communication system, a hypermedia server, a hypermedia client, and computer software products for accessing, distributing, and presenting hypermedia documents

Abstract

The present invention relates to accessing, distributing, and presenting hypermedia documents ( 5, 6 ). In particular the invention relates to a method for a hypermedia communication system comprising the steps of generating a hypermedia by presenting the hypermedia in a hypermedia description at a hypermedia server, requesting the hypermedia at a hypermedia client, deploying the hypermedia description from the server to said hypermedia client, presenting the hypermedia by translating the hypermedia description, where said hypermedia description comprising expression means for a reference ( 70 ) from an atemporal hypermedia object to a referred hypermedia object, where said method comprises the steps of generating, requesting, deploying, and presenting hypermedia, uniformly, using a hypermedia description comprising further expression means for a reference from a temporal hypermedia object ( 5 ) to a referred hypermedia object ( 5,6 ). The invention also relates to a hypermedia communication system, a hypermedia server, a hypermedia client, and computer software products therefor.

1 . A hypermedia communication system comprising a hypermedia server and a hypermedia client, 
 the hypermedia client comprises transmission means for requesting and receiving a hypermedia object from the hypermedia server,    the hypermedia server comprises transmission means for providing on request a hypermedia object to the hypermedia client, and    the hypermedia client comprises presentation means for presenting said multimedia object, wherein    said hypermedia object comprises a temporal hypermedia object in relation to a second hypermedia object, the relation being a reference from a temporal hypermedia object to a referred hypermedia object, and    said hypermedia client comprises interpretation means and interaction means for interpreting the relation for controlling the presentation and the transmission means.    
   
   
       2 . The hypermedia communication system according to  claim 1 , wherein the presentation means comprises composition means for integrating or aggregating the referred hypermedia object into the hypermedia object.  
   
   
       3 . The hypermedia communication system according to  claim 1 , wherein the interpretation means and interaction means for interpreting the relation are designed to present said relation as a hyperlink to the referred hypermedia object.  
   
   
       4 . The hypermedia communication system according to  claim 1 , wherein said interpretation means and interaction means are designed to cope with a temporal relation.  
   
   
       5 . The hypermedia communication system according to  claim 1 , wherein the hypermedia server comprises interpretation means for interpreting and resolving requests for a referred hypermedia object, retrieval means for retrieving the referred hypermedia object from a hypermedia server, and composition means for integrating or aggregating the referred hypermedia object into a hypermedia object.  
   
   
       6 . A hypermedia server comprising transmission means for providing on request a hypermedia object to a hypermedia client, wherein said hypermedia object comprises a temporal hypermedia object in relation to a referred hypermedia object, the relation being a reference from a temporal hypermedia object to the referred hypermedia object, the hypermedia server comprising interpretation means for interpreting and resolving requests for the referred hypermedia object, retrieval means for retrieving the referred hypermedia object from a hypermedia server, and composition means for integrating or aggregating the referred hypermedia object into the hypermedia object.  
   
   
       7 . A hypermedia client comprising transmission means for requesting and receiving a hypermedia object from a hypermedia server, and presentation means for presenting said multimedia object, wherein said hypermedia object comprises a temporal hypermedia object in relation to a referred hypermedia object, the relation being a reference from the temporal hypermedia object to the referred hypermedia object, and the hypermedia client comprising interpretation means and interaction means for interpreting the relation for controlling the presentation and the transmission means.  
   
   
       8 . The hypermedia client according to  claim 7 , wherein the presentation means comprises composition means for integrating or aggregating the referred hypermedia object into the hypermedia object.  
   
   
       9 . The hypermedia client according to  claim 7 , wherein the interpretation means and interaction means for interpreting the relation are designed to present said relation as a hyperlink to the referred hypermedia object.  
   
   
       10 . The hypermedia client according to  claim 7 , wherein said interpretation means and interaction means are designed to cope with a temporal relation.  
   
   
       11 . A computer software product for a hypermedia client, wherein said computer software product comprises programming means for realizing the hypermedia server according to  claim 6 .  
   
   
       12 . A computer software product for a hypermedia client, wherein said computer software product comprises programming means for realizing the hypermedia client according to  claim 7.