System and method for seamless navigation between local and external documents in an optical disc player

An optical disc player, comprising:

• an optical disc reader to read a local user agent document from a local optical disc;
• an interface to an external source having an external user agent document;
• and
• a processor to cause an access and a display of said local user agent document, to cause a transmission of a request for said external user agent document and a pointer to said local user agent document to said external source, and to receive and cause the display of said external user agent document including a navigation button, wherein said pointer to said local user agent document is assigned to said navigation button.

A method of synchronizing video with user agent documents, comprising:

• accessing and displaying a first user agent document including a playback of a first video segment within said first user agent document;
• receiving a first request for a second user agent document while the playback of said first video segment is at a particular video playback location;
• accessing and displaying said second user agent document;
• receiving a second request for said first user agent document;
• and
• re-accessing and re-displaying said first user agent document including a playback of said first video segment starting at approximately said particular video playback location.

A method of navigating between a local user agent document and an external user agent document in an optical disc player, comprising:

• accessing and displaying said local user agent document from a local optical disc;
• transmitting a request for said external user agent document to an external source;
• and
• receiving and displaying said external user agent document including a navigation button, wherein a pointer to another user agent document is assigned to said navigation button.

An optical disc player, comprising:

• an optical disc reader to read a local user agent document from a local optical disc;
• an interface to an external source having an external user agent document;
• and
• a processor to cause an access and a display of said local user agent document, to cause a transmission of a request for said external user agent document to said external source, and to receive and cause the display of said external user agent document including a navigation button, wherein a pointer to another user agent document is assigned to said navigation button.