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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Ian Cameron Mercer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kevin Leigh Lachapelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Harutoshi Miyamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Chiyoko Matsumi, Suita, JP;
Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Kawachinagano, JP;
Yasuyuki Torii, Yawata, JP;
Ian Cameron Mercer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Harutoshi Miyamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Chiyoko Matsumi, Suita, JP;
Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Kawachinagano, JP;
Yasuyuki Torii, Yawata, JP;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.