# US 2016/0259504 A1 · Method for representing animated menu buttons

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- Number: US 2016/0259504 A1
- Document ID: US20160259504A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/155,581
- Filed: 2016-05-16
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2005-09-22
- Assignees: Thomson Licensing
- Applicants: Thomson Licensing
- Inventors: Jobst HOERENTRUP; Dirk GANDOLPH; Ralf OSTERMANN; Harald SCHILLER; Hui LI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160259504A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback}
- G06T 13/80: Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites
- G11B 19/025: {'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]}
- H04N 5/445: for displaying additional information (H04N5/50 takes precedence)
- H04N 21/4112: {having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities}
- H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations}
- H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection
- H04N 21/47: End-user applications
- H04N 21/488: Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the representation of a menu button may vary, depending on its state. An image or an image sequence, e.g. cartoon, may be associated to a buttons state, providing user animation. Further, a sound or sound sequence, e.g. melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. A data structure is disclosed which allows storage of such menu data e.g. on a Blu-ray disc.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for representing menu buttons, the menu buttons having an associated state, the state being unselected, selected or activated, wherein
data representing the menu buttons are stored in bitmap format on a removable storage medium; and
a menu button is represented by different symbols, depending on its state, wherein the different symbols are stored as different bitmap formatted data.