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Multimedia optical disc which conforms to the motion picture rating systems in a variety of countries and a reproducing device for said disc

US5691972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 1996
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8715
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multimedia disc made up of a video data storage region for storing a plurality of video data sequences, a management information storage region which stores management information, the management information comprising group information that shows which video data sequences have been grouped together to compose a group from reproduced, a level ID for each video data sequence in a which only one of the composing video data sequences is same group and a set of link information for each video data sequence which indicates a next video data sequence to be reproduced after completion of reproduction of a video data sequence in question, and a level map storage region for storing a separate table for each country/region, wherein each table for a country/region includes information which maps each sort level in a sorting system for the country/region to a level ID.

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