Information storage medium, information playback apparatus, and information playback method
OwnerYasufumi TSUMAGARI, Hideki Mimurainventors
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a playback engine which acquires video/audio contents from a disc, an ENAV engine+Internet connection unit which acquire ENAV contents from the disc or acquire another ENAV contents from a server via a communication line, and a buffer manager. This buffer manager generates timing information upon completion of acquisition of the ENAV contents.
Claims6
A player apparatus configured to playback or reproduce contents complying with a predetermined standard, the contents including AV contents and navigation contents that can be played back or reproduced in association with playback of the AV contents, the player apparatus comprising:
- a playback module configured to playback the AV contents;
- and
- a navigation module configured to reproduce the navigation contents, the navigation module comprising
- a buffer module configured to store or to load one or more files of the navigation contents according to loading information including name information of the navigation contents.
A method of playing back contents complying with a predetermined standard, the contents including AV contents and navigation contents that can be played back or reproduced in association with playback of the AV contents, the method comprising:
- reproducing the navigation contents, using a buffer module configured to store or to load one or more files of the navigation contents, according to loading information including name information of the navigation contents;
- and
- playing back the AV contents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.