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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Jobst Hörentrup, Hannover, DE;
Ralf Ostermann, Hannover, DE;
Harald Schiller, Hannover, DE;
Dirk Gandolph, Hannover, DE;
Jobst Hörentrup, Hannover, DE;
Ralf Ostermann, Hannover, DE;
Harald Schiller, Hannover, DE;
Dirk Gandolph, Hannover, DE;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
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.