Data processing system and method
AssigneeZOOTECH Limited
InventorStuart A. Green
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a data processing system and method for automatically testing, for example, a DVD to ensure compliance with an intended mode of operation. Tags or unique identifiers are embedded within the MPEG elementary video streams. These tags are detected and correlated against a test plan to determine whether or not the authored DVD is as intended.
Claims14
A physical storage medium storing a program for testing whether navigational paths through authored digital content comply with a pre-defined test plan, the pre-defined test plan comprising a plurality of abstractions associated with respective raw content objects during authoring of the digital content, and the digital content comprising presentation data capable of being rendered by a presentation engine, the presentation data comprising first presentation data having a position within a navigational path of the digital content, the first presentation data having identification data embedded therein, wherein the program when run on a processor-based system causes the system to:
- extract the identification data from the first presentation data in response to the presentation data being rendered;
- access, using the identification data, an abstraction, said abstraction being associated with a raw content object from which the presentation data was derived;
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- determine whether there is a correlation between the accessed abstraction and an anticipated abstraction of a pre-defined test plan, thereby determining whether or not the position of the first presentation data within the navigational path complies with the pre-defined test plan.
An automated system for testing whether navigational paths through authored digital content comply with a pre-defined test plan, the pre-defined test plan comprising a plurality of abstractions associated with respective raw content objects during authoring of the digital content, and the digital content comprising presentation data capable of being rendered by a presentation engine, the presentation data having a position within a navigational path of the digital content, and having identification data embedded therein, the system comprising:
- means for extracting the identification data from the presentation data in response to the presentation data being rendered, and to access, using the identification data, an abstraction, the abstraction being associated with a raw content object from which the presentation data was derived;
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- a correlator to determine whether or not there is a correlation between the accessed abstraction and an anticipated abstraction of the pre-defined test plan, thereby determining whether or not the position of the presentation data within the navigational path complies with the pre-defined test plan.
An automated method for testing that navigational paths through authored digital content comply with a pre-defined test plan, the pre-defined test plan comprising a plurality of abstractions associated with respective raw content objects during authoring of the digital content, and the digital content comprising presentation data capable of being rendered by a presentation engine, the presentation data including first presentation data having a position within a navigational path of the digital content, and having identification data embedded therein, the method comprising:
- extracting the identification data from the presentation data in response to the first presentation data being rendered;
- accessing, using the identification data, an abstraction, said abstraction being associated with a raw content object from which the first video sequence was derived;
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- determining whether or not there is a correlation between the accessed abstraction and an anticipated abstraction of the pre-defined test plan, thereby determining whether or not the position of the first presentation data complies with the pre-defined test plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.