Convergence-enabled DVD and web system
US7313809B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2562
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system integrates a DVD system and a WWW web browser. Universal Resource Locator (URL) information corresponding to sites accessible by the browser are stored in fields within the DVD data. When a user actuates a DVD element that has a corresponding URL, the web browser displays information from that site. When the user actuates an HTML menu or other browser-implemented feature, the DVD system accesses a portion of the DVD data specified in the menu. This arrangement provides for two-way communication, i.e., HTML in the browser is able to control DVD content and vice-versa. Having the WWW information embedded in the DVD brings a number of benefits, the foremost of which is the ability to write a “one size fits all” template web page that can interrogate the DVD for URL information and present WWW content corresponding to the URL synchronized with the DVD information.
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