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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2004
Andrew Martin Goodman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alan Stuart Moskowitz, Oakland, CA (US);
Andrew Martin Goodman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alan Stuart Moskowitz, Oakland, CA (US);
TiVo Inc., Alviso, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an approach for storing digital content onto a DVD, digital content is received from a source, such as a DirecTV link, an over the air (OTA) broadcast, over a cable television link, or any other type of communications link, including the Internet. The digital content is formatted to comply with the MPEG standard to create MPEG digital content and stored on a non-volatile storage. Text-based information is received that describes one or more attributes of the received digital content. A set of DVD subpicture graphics is generated based upon the text-based information. The set of DVD subpicture graphics may represent a structure that can be navigated by a user when the DVD is played. The MPEG digital content is retrieved from the non-volatile storage, converted to DVD format and stored on the DVD with the DVD subpicture graphics.