System and method for delivering virtual tour content using the hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP)

Abstract

A system and method for delivering Virtual Reality (VR) tour content and spatial navigation comprising the hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) through a dynamic web-based relational database that stores, manipulates, co-ordinates and classifies complex digital data sets over a common gateway interface for on request interactive exchange and search engine retrieval of hotspots. The dynamic online-based software generates and organises dynamic VR tours through a secure intuitive back-end system allowing the administrator/licensee to maintain technical, quality and security control ensuring secure access for development, modification, management, and distribution of each VR tour. Each VR tour encompasses the interactive exchange of hotspots allowing visitors to interact with still or panoramic pictures and videos which are linked to graphical site information (e.g. maps), URL web-links, text, hyperlinked banners, PDF documents, audio files and direct email-links which can automatically be modularised for off-line operation on mobile devices such as laptops, PDA's and CD's.

1 . A method for preparing and delivering multimedia content to a mobile device, and the method includes the steps: (A) providing at a back-end of an http web server, a super administrator module electronically issuing an owner license (I) for operating an administrative module, and the license is issued to an owner, and the respective owner is one of a large plurality of owners, wherein the license includes a permit for creating a tour of hotspots with a predetermined initial hotspot for the respective tour and (II) for managing and adding data, multimedia content, and relationship into a relational database; (B) maintaining the relational database using organization and classification of the multimedia content into tours according to geographical boundaries and according to owner; (C) accepting at a back-end of the http web server, the administrative module electronically from the respective licensed owner (I) a coordinated package of multimedia content wherein said content is organized as hotspots, and (II) meta-rules for the respective hotspots wherein said meta-rules consisting of setting category for the content, for turning the hotspot on/off, and for activating/de-activating the package; (D) executing at the http web server, a predetermined ensemble of software instructions consisting of (I) applying the meta-rules to the coordinated package of multimedia content, (II) assembling the coordinated package of multimedia content onto association with the respective hotspots, (III) activating a relational database to the coordinated package of content, (IV) indexing the hotspots by the geographical boundaries, (V) integrating this package of content into a collection of content, and (VI) storing respective control rules for managing presentation of the content to a front-end; and (E) executing at a front-end of the http web server, a predetermined ensemble of software instructions (I) electronically allowing a mobile device to select content from the large plurality of content, and (II) electronically delivering the selected content to the device as (a) an organized collection of hotspots on a map, (b) the respective control rules for managing navigation of these hotspots, and (c) the respective control rules for presentation of the content thereat. 
     
     
         2 . The method for preparing and delivering multimedia content to a mobile device according to  claim 1  wherein the meta-rules for the respective hotspots include associating a hotspot within new geographical boundaries. 
     
     
         3 . A multimedia content preparing and mobile device delivering system, and the system includes: (A) a back-end of an http web server enabled with executable software providing a super administrator module electronically issuing an owner license (I) for operating an administrative module, and the license is issued to an owner, and the respective owner is one of a large plurality of owners, wherein the license includes a permit for creating a tour of hotspots with a predetermined initial hotspot for the respective tour and (II) for managing and adding data, multimedia content, and relationship into a relational database; (B) in communications with the an http web server, computer hardware maintaining the relational database by organization and classification of the multimedia content into tours according to geographical boundaries and according to owner; (C) a back-end of the http web server enabled with executable software for the administrative module electronically accepting from the respective licensed owner (I) a coordinated package of multimedia content wherein said content is organized as hotspots, and (II) meta-rules for the respective hotspots wherein said meta-rules consisting of setting category for the content, for turning the hotspot on/off, and for activating/de-activating the package; (D) in communications with the an http web server, computer hardware having a predetermined ensemble software instructions consisting of (I) applying the meta-rules to the coordinated package of multimedia content, (II) assembling the coordinated package of multimedia content onto association with the respective hotspots, (III) activating a relational database to the coordinated package of content, (IV) indexing the hotspots by the geographical boundaries, (V) integrating this package of content into a collection of content, and (VI) storing respective control rules for managing presentation of the content to a front-end; and (E) a front-end of the http web server enabled with executable software for (I) electronically allowing a mobile device to select content from the large plurality of content, and (II) electronically delivering the selected content to the device as (a) an organized collection of hotspots on a map, (b) the respective control rules for managing navigation of these hotspots, and (c) the respective control rules for presentation of the content thereat. 
     
     
         4 . The multimedia content preparing and mobile device delivering system according to  claim 3  wherein the back-end of the http web server enabled with executable software for the administrative module electronically accepting from the respective licensed owner the meta-rules for the respective hotspots include at least one meta-rule for associating a hotspot within new geographical boundaries. 
     
     
         5 . A non-transitory medium for use on at least one intercommunication enabled computing device, the medium holding instructions executable using the at least one computing device, the instructions for performing the steps of: (A) providing at a back-end of an http web server, a super administrator module electronically issuing an owner license (I) for operating an administrative module, and the license is issued to an owner, and the respective owner is one of a large plurality of owners, wherein the license includes a permit for creating a tour of hotspots with a predetermined initial hotspot for the respective tour and (II) for managing and adding data, multimedia content, and relationship into a relational database; (B) maintaining the relational database using organization and classification of the multimedia content into tours according to geographical boundaries and according to owner; (C) accepting at a back-end of the http web server, the administrative module electronically from the respective licensed owner (I) a coordinated package of multimedia content wherein said content is organized as hotspots, and (II) meta-rules for the respective hotspots wherein said meta-rules consisting of setting category for the content, for turning the hotspot on/off, and for activating/de-activating the package; (D) executing at the http web server, a predetermined ensemble of software instructions consisting of (I) applying the meta-rules to the coordinated package of multimedia content, (II) assembling the coordinated package of multimedia content onto association with the respective hotspots, (III) activating a relational database to the coordinated package of content, (IV) indexing the hotspots by the geographical boundaries, (V) integrating this package of content into a collection of content, and (VI) storing respective control rules for managing presentation of the content to a front-end; and (E) executing at a front-end of the http web server, a predetermined ensemble of software instructions (I) electronically allowing a mobile device to select content from the large plurality of content, and (II) electronically delivering the selected content to the device as (a) an organized collection of hotspots on a map, (b) the respective control rules for managing navigation of these hotspots, and (c) the respective control rules for presentation of the content thereat. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory medium for use on at least one intercommunication enabled computing device according to  claim 5  wherein the meta-rules for the respective hotspots include associating a hotspot within new geographical boundaries.