INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA PLATFORMS CONSISTING

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
VIALTUS	VIALTA.COM, INC.	48401 Fremont Blvd. Fremont CA 94538	Integrated multimedia platforms consisting of computer hardware, software, peripherals, and semiconductor chips for use in playing CD's and DVD's performing karaoke, making telephone calls over the Internet, and accessing the Internet for home entertainment and education purposes; pre-recorded CD's and DVD's with informational, educational, and entertainment content and with Internet download and hyperlink capability; and video telephones;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Distribution of audio and other multimedia content is accomplished by generating a multimedia session consisting of at least one multimedia program, generating a data session consisting of digital files including at least one software player program and a digital compressed file corresponding to the multimedia program; and distributing the multimedia and data sessions to consumers. The consumers can selectively play the multimedia program from said multimedia session through a player device, and through a computer by using the software player program to manipulate the compressed file. In one aspect of the invention, the multimedia and data sessions are recorded on a physical medium, such as a CD or DVD, and the medium is then distributed. In another aspect, the sessions are combined and transmitted electronically. The data session can include information associated with the multimedia content, in the form of text and graphic files.