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Method for presenting menu buttons

US8479119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Jobst Hörentrup · Hannover, DE
Ralf Ostermann · Hannover, DE
Harald Schiller · Hannover, DE
Dirk Gandolph · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2004
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B27/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are e.g. “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the menu may contain buttons that can be selected through the keys on the remote control, but that don't have any images or text associated. This allows creating “invisible buttons” that automatically execute commands upon selection. Further, a sound or sound sequence, e.g. melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. Such menu data may be stored e.g. on a Blu-ray disc.

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