Abstract: A system and method for interactively delivering video and/or audio data in response to a user input through a network in order to reproduce the data immediately without interruption are disclosed. A server (1) sequentially sends multiple compressed streams (s(1), s(2), s(n)) of video and/or audio data to a client (3) which sequentially receives the streams, sequentially stores the received streams into a memory independent of the server, sequentially decompresses the streams, and reproduces or displays the decompressed streams in parallel with the receiving and decompressing process.

Abstract: A method of and a system for distributing interactive audiovisual works from a server computer to a client computer in response to a user input at the client computer without an interruption of displaying motion pictures is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of creating and conveying an interactive audiovisual work are disclosed. An interactive audiovisual work is divided into streams of video data. Associated Table which stores relationship between streams is provided to select a next stream in response to user input. A next stream is selected from the Associated Table so that a precedent stream and a next stream have substantially the same scene at connection in order to connect streams seamlessly and naturally. Timing signal for starting the retrieval of a next stream is provided so as to fetch and convey a next stream quickly without any intermission of display. An interactive audiovisual work is created by matching scenes at the connection of streams.