System and method for rendering digital content using time offsets

A method of rendering digital content comprising:

• providing a media player having access to at least one server via a network, the at least one server having stored thereon a descriptor file and a plurality of digital data files derived from an originating work, the descriptor file including time information for defining each digital data file, the time information determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the originating work;
• selecting the digital content to be rendered from the plurality of digital data files using the time information in the descriptor file and a time offset external to the descriptor file, the time offset determined relative to the timeline of the audio recording;
• and
• rendering the selected digital content using the media player,
• wherein the digital data includes at least one electronic text file and at least one digital audio file, and wherein rendering the selected digital content using the media player comprises providing automated page turns for text derived from the at least one electronic text file, the automated page turns determined in dependence upon a progressing time offset relative to the rendering of the at least one digital audio file.

A system for rendering digital content comprising:

• a server having stored thereon digital data corresponding to an originating work and a descriptor file, the descriptor file including time information for defining the digital data, the time information determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the originating work;
• a client for rendering the digital data corresponding to the originating work;
• and
• a network for connecting the server and the client and facilitating transmission of the digital data from the server to the client,
• wherein the client renders the digital content using the time information in the descriptor file and a time offset external to the descriptor file, the time offset determined relative to the timeline of the audio recording.

A computer readable storage medium including computer readable code, which when executed by a computer, causes said computer to:

• download digital content from at least one server, the at least one server having stored thereon a descriptor file and a plurality of digital data files derived from an originating work, the descriptor file including time information for defining each digital data file, the time information determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the originating work, the computer having access to the at least one server via a network;
• select a point within the digital content from which to begin rendering, the point selected using the time information in the descriptor file and a time offset external to the descriptor file, the time offset determined relative to the timeline of the audio recording;
• and
• begin rendering the digital content from the selected point.

A computer readable storage medium including computer readable code, which when executed by a computer, causes said computer to:

• render digital content, the computer having access to at least one server via a network, the at least one server having stored thereon digital data corresponding to an originating work and a descriptor file, the descriptor file including time information for defining the digital data, the time information determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the originating work, the digital data including the digital content;
• determine a current time offset while rendering the digital content;
• and
• create a bookmark for a selected point in the rendered digital content, the bookmark an electronic file including the current time offset and an identification of the descriptor file, the current time offset being a time difference from a beginning of the audio recording to a selected point in the audio recording, the selected point in the audio recording corresponding to the selected point in the digital content.