Patent · US Expired

Method for generating an interactive menu

US7921377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Dirk Gandolph · Hannover, DE
Jobst Hoerentrup · Bad Driburg, DE
Ralf Ostermann · Hannover, DE
Hartmut Peters · Barsinghausen, DE
Carsten Herpel · Bad Driburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2004
Grant date	Apr 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B2220/2541
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for generating an interactive electronic menu on a display, the menu comprising menu items, wherein a menu item may be in a deselected, selected or activated state, and the menu being coded into a menu data segment, comprises that at least a first and a second menu item are connected by a parent-child relationship, wherein the second menu item being a child of the first menu item can only be selected when the first menu item is selected, and further comprises that the first and the second menu item are coded into the same data segment. The method is preferably usable for menus relating to content of digital storage media, such as optical discs, in particular read-only Blu-ray discs.

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