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An on-line multiple media viewer system provides a responsive interactive presentation at a client viewing station of multiple media content retrieved over a remote connection from a server at which the content resides using a set of client-initiated and server-driven remote services for anticipator

An on-line multiple media viewer system provides a responsive interactive presentation at a client viewing station of multiple media content retrieved over a remote connection from a server at which the content resides using a set of client-initiated and server-driven remote services for anticipatory caching of media content. In response to an initial request for an item of media content from the server, the remote services predict additional items of media content likely to be requested and transmit these items in advance of their request. Transmitted items are cached by services at the client viewing station in a cache storage. The client checks the cache storage before making additional requests for transfer over the remote connection. The items are transmitted in multi-channel asynchronous operations over the remote connection.

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[ We claim:] [1.] In a distributed computer network comprising a remote multiple media content server and a client viewing station in communication via a wide-area connection, a method of viewing at the client viewing station a multiple media title stored at said server and containing a plurality of

[ We claim:] [1.] In a distributed computer network comprising a remote multiple media content server and a client viewing station in communication via a wide-area connection, a method of viewing at the client viewing station a multiple media title stored at said server and containing a plurality of topics associated with multiple media items, the method comprising the steps of:receiving at said server a first request by the client viewing station for data relating to a selected one of the topics contained in the multiple media title;determining from multiple media items associated with the selected topic and responsive to the first request which of the multiple media items of the topic are likely to be requested next by the client viewing station;transferring from said server to the client viewing station of said multiple media items determined as likely to be requested next; andcaching said transferred multiple media items in a cache storage at the client viewing station whereby said multiple media items are available without requesting from said server when rendering a presentation of at least a portion of the topic at the client viewing station.