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A system is provided that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information in a closed cable network such as a hotel system or the like. The system includes a multimedia processing system, a telephone switching system, a video control system, a service operations platform, and a plurality of int

A system is provided that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information in a closed cable network such as a hotel system or the like. The system includes a multimedia processing system, a telephone switching system, a video control system, a service operations platform, and a plurality of interactive devices. This system has the advantage of providing compression and/or transmission algorithms to maximize enhancement of the multimedia information. The system allows for enhanced interactivity within a closed cable system with minimum modification to the existing network.

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An interactive system for a closed cable network comprising: means for processing multimedia information; means coupled to the multimedia processing means for receiving telephone messages from and transmitting telephone messages to the multimedia processing means; means coupled to the multimedia pro

An interactive system for a closed cable network comprising: means for processing multimedia information; means coupled to the multimedia processing means for receiving telephone messages from and transmitting telephone messages to the multimedia processing means; means coupled to the multimedia processing means for receiving account information from and transmitting account information to the multimedia processing means; means coupled to the multimedia processing means for receiving control information from and transmitting control information to the multimedia processing means; and a plurality of interactive devices coupled to the multimedia processing means, the plurality of interactive devices utilizing an optimization technique for enhancing the quality of the multimedia information, and further in which an interactive device comprises at least one interactive multimedia device and at least one compact disk interactive (CD/I) devices, wherein the at least one interactive multimedia device comprises: memory means for receiving interactive multimedia information from a multimedia modem means; means coupled to the memory means receiving interactive multimedia information for enhancing a primary layer from the multimedia modem means in accordance with a program model to enhance interactivity; means coupled to the enhancing means for decompressing the primary layer of the interactive multimedia information; means coupled to the means for decompressing for transmitting an uncompressed portion of the interactive multimedia information received from a telephone network; means coupled to the means for transmitting for mixing the decompressed portion with the uncompressed portion and providing an output; means coupled to the means for mixing for providing the output of the interactive multimedia information to a display; and means for interactively controlling the multimedia modem means, compressing means, means for decompressing, means for mixing and means for providing to provide interactive multimedia information to the display.