Intercast technology is a good example of a hybrid application in three important ways:

1. Content is pushed to the client in a transparent fashion. Broadcasters transmit Intercast content to the Intercast technology-enabled client PCs in a direct and transparent way. The user is not involved with the content delivery nor does the user request (pull) specific data. Intercast technology represents a true push hybrid technology.
2. Intercast technology clients cache the pushed content locally on the user's PC. This enables the user to experience rich multimedia delivered by the high performance and highly capable multimedia client PC. In addition, the user can choose to view content concurrently to the broadcast TV program or review the content in more detail at a later time.
3. Lastly, through the Intercast technology's back channel modem the user can access and receive real-time data off of the Web. This enables the user to experience both push (Intercast broadcast) and pull (user browse) models on a PC, providing the user with a great spectrum of flexibility in usage choices.

These hybrid characteristics coupled with the merged TV & Web content engender an entirely new user experience. Intercast technology delivers new uses and new users for the PC.

Intercast technology hybrid application stack as shown breaks into four segments:

1. Internet based content
2. Intelligent server & coordinator
3. Intelligent client & coordinator
4. Client engines and local rich content

Note that for Intercast technology, the source content is provided from both TV and web content (Internet based content). The delivery process merges the content together and then broadcasts (intelligent server & coordinator) content to the Intercast viewer (intelligent client & coordinator). The cached web content delivers a rich user experience by using the high performance media engines on the client PC (client engines and local rich content).