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The assembly and communication of multimedia information from a variety of modalities to remote users with improved control is provided for by the combined use of a browser enhancement module, such as a plug-in or ActiveX control, and a server. The server includes a data interface for acquiring the

The assembly and communication of multimedia information from a variety of modalities to remote users with improved control is provided for by the combined use of a browser enhancement module, such as a plug-in or ActiveX control, and a server. The server includes a data interface for acquiring the multimedia data and a storage unit for receiving and storing the data. An assembly unit in the server gathers selected data to form an e-mail package in response to instructions from a remote user unit. The server further includes a processing unit to encode and compress the data prior to packaging and an e-mail server to send the package to the remote user unit or another designated user unit. Transfer instructions for the server may be provided by the remote user unit through a browser and the browser enhancement module. The browser enhancement module is therefore configured to request a file from the server, to decompress and decode received files and to transfer such files along with a user interface to a display associated with the remote user unit. The browser enhancement module is further adapted to send instructions to the server to assemble and to e-mail selected data from a file to another user unit.

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1. A medical information transfer server comprising:A) a data interface for acquiring medical data in a multimedia format; B) a storage unit coupled to receive and store the multimedia medical data from the data interface; C) at least a portion of a user interface to allow for viewing the multimedia

1. A medical information transfer server comprising:A) a data interface for acquiring medical data in a multimedia format; B) a storage unit coupled to receive and store the multimedia medical data from the data interface; C) at least a portion of a user interface to allow for viewing the multimedia medical data; D) an assembly unit coupled to the user interface and the storage unit or to the data interface, the assembly unit to gather selected portions of the multimedia medical data to form an e-mail package in response to an instruction received from a remote first user unit; E) a processing unit coupled to the assembly unit or to the data interface and to encode and/or compress the multimedia medical data; and F) an e-mail server to send by e-mail the user interface and the e-mail package to a remote second user unit.