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  Information playback system using storage information mediumUSPTO Application #: 20070092207Title: Information playback system using storage information medium Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information. (end of abstract)
Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. - Alexandria, VA, US Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi, Haruhiko Toyama USPTO Applicaton #: 20070092207 - Class: 386095000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Television Signal Processing For Dynamic Recording Or Reproducing, Processing Of Television Signal For Dynamic Recording Or Reproducing, Having Another Signal The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070092207. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-183537, filed Jun. 23, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field [0003] One embodiment of the invention relates to an information playback system using information storage medium such as an optical disc. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] In recent years, DVD-Video discs having high image quality and advanced functions, and video players which play back these discs have prevailed, and peripheral devices and the like used to play back such multi-channel audio data have broader options. Accordingly, for content users, an environment for personally implementing a home theater that allows the users to freely enjoy movies, animations, and the like with high image quality and high sound quality has become available. For content providers, a variety of video expressions are available. For example, Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI Publication No. 2004-343254 discloses a technique which can set buttons with arbitrary shapes and can form flexible and various menus by setting a graphic unit including highlight information as an independent stream. [0006] For the existing DVD-Video standards, the content providers and content users have the following needs: [0007] 1. Realization of flexible and diversified expression formats like a computer window; [0008] 2. Realization of flexible responses to various actions via network; and [0009] 3. Realization of easy processing of video related information and easy transmission of information after processing. [0010] The prior arts cannot meet such needs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] A general architecture that implements the various feature of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings and the associated descriptions are provided to illustrate embodiments of the invention and not to limit the scope of the invention. [0012] FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing the arrangement of a system according to an embodiment of the invention; [0013] FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C are exemplary tables showing the needs from users and the like for the existing DVD-Video standards and problems posed when the related existing DVD-Video standards are extended, and solutions of the embodiment of the invention and new effects as a result of the solutions of the embodiment of the invention; [0014] FIGS. 3A and 3B are exemplary views showing examples of video content playback methods by an information recording and playback apparatus; [0015] FIG. 4 shows an exemplary presentation window at point .alpha. when a main title, another window for a commercial, and a help icon are simultaneously presented in (c) of FIG. 3B; [0016] FIG. 5 shows an exemplary data structure of a standard content; [0017] FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C are exemplary views showing the data structure of an advanced content and explanations of effects and the like; [0018] FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining the relationship among various objects; [0019] FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing various categories of information storage media; [0020] FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing different access methods to two different types of contents; [0021] FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram showing transitions upon playback of the advanced content and upon playback of the standard content; [0022] FIG. 11 is an exemplary flowchart showing a medium identification processing method by an information playback apparatus when an information storage medium is mounted; [0023] FIG. 12 is an exemplary flowchart showing a startup sequence in an information playback apparatus of only audio; [0024] FIG. 13 is an exemplary block diagram showing the internal structure of an advanced content playback unit; Continue reading... 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