Computer software featuring application programming interface software as a component all for display and operation of applications and program guides, content creation, streaming media and video, playing live broadcasts and for browsing the internet; computer software for the integration of text, audio, graphics, still images and moving pictures into an interactive delivery for multimedia applications used with computing, communications, mobile and entertainment devices, namely, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants, tablets, smart phones, smart TVs, set-top boxes, optical disk players, streaming media devices, portable media players, desktop and laptop computers, virtual reality devices, augmented reality devices, in-flight infotainment and entertainment systems, automotive infotainment and entertainment systems, internet of things (IoT) devices, game and entertainment consoles; computer software for use in transmitting and receiving data over computer networks and global communication networks; web browser software for accessing the internet and the worldwide web; software for enabling web browsing on the internet and worldwide web; computer software for managing communications and data exchange among and between handheld mobile digital electronic devices and desktop computers; computer middleware, namely, software that mediates between the operating system of a handheld mobile digital electronic device and the application software of a mobile device; all of the foregoing being software for the purpose of enabling over-the-top (OTT) delivery of multimedia content, provided to original equipment manufacturers, silicon vendors, pay TV operators, and multimedia content owners and content service providers or publishers