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AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsCarsten HERPEL, Jobst HOERENTRUP, Ralf OSTERMANN, Hartmut PETERS, Dirk GANDOLPH
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Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.
A method for automatically composing an electronic audio-visual menu for selection of playback of audio-visual data, wherein a first portion of audio-visual data and a first portion of menu data is retrieved from a first storage medium being an exchangeable pre-recorded medium and wherein a second portion of audio-visual data and a second portion of menu data are obtained from a second data source, the second data source being a local storage in a playback device wherein said second portion of menu data has at least one first attribute associated and wherein said second portion of menu data contains command data and button image data and wherein said second portion of menu data contains navigation chaining information, the method comprising the steps of
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