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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2004
Applicants:

Toshiaki Setogawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Ayato Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Oda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiaki Setogawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Ayato Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Oda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2005.12); G06F 13/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A recording medium retaining data for menu control, a menu control method and an apparatus are provided for creating a menu highly expressive and attractive to the viewer. When operation of a menu button is determined on a menu created with a moving picture with sound, the menu button turns into action highlighting and the color of the button changes into a highlight color. In order to emphasize action highlighting of the menu button, a specific short moving picture with a sound is automatically replayed. After the replay of the moving picture, the display jumps to a chapter of a title selected with the menu button and a replay is started.


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