Claims
- 1. A method of forming content for an interactive medium, comprising:
receiving first presentation data; receiving first metadata associated with the first presentation data; rendering first search data corresponding to the first metadata and forming the search data into menus from which portions of the presentation data can be selected; and formatting the first presentation data, first metadata, and first search data as a media image.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
writing the media image to the medium.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medium is a DVD based medium.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medium is a CD based medium.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the search data formatted as menus includes a set of menus containing overlapping portions of a list of search data each having a plurality of buttons arranged into a scroll bar-type structure whereby a user can move between said individual ones of the set menus.
- 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
subsequent to receiving the first presentation data, requesting metadata associated with the first presentation data, the first metadata being provided in response.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein said requesting is performed automatically in response to receiving the first presentation data.
- 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said requesting is performed in response to a user input.
- 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
prior to rendering the search data, receiving one or more search criteria.
- 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
rendering self-referential data based on one or more of the presentation data, metadata and search data for the medium, and wherein said formatting further includes formatting the self-referential data within the media image.
- 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the self-referential data includes an indication of the amount of space used and remaining for use on the medium.
- 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
automatically generate multi-lingual content for portions of the first metadata and the first search data.
- 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
prior to said rendering first search data, receiving from the medium second metadata data associated with second presentation data on the medium, wherein first search data further corresponds to the second metadata.
- 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said rendering first search data corresponding to the first metadata comprises:
sorting the first metadata by a set of tags; compiling a library of the sorted first metadata; and wherein said formatting includes: assembling the library into a collections of menus.
- 15. An electronic data file, on a storage medium, that when transferred into an appropriately configured digital apparatus causes the apparatus to operate in accordance with a process for forming an interactive media content, the process comprising:
receiving first presentation data; receiving first metadata associated with the first presentation data; rendering first search data corresponding to the first metadata and forming the search data into menus from which portions of the presentation data can be selected; and formatting the first presentation data, first metadata, and first search data as a media image.
- 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the interactive medium is a DVD based medium.
- 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the interactive medium is a CD based medium.
- 18. The method of claim 15, wherein a portion of the search data formatted as menus includes a set of menus containing overlapping portions of a list of search data each having a plurality of buttons arranged into a scroll bar-type structure whereby a user can move between said individual ones of the set menus.
- 19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
subsequent to receiving the first presentation data, requesting metadata associated with the first presentation data, the first metadata being provided in response, wherein said requesting is performed automatically in response to receiving the first presentation data.
- 20. The method of claim 15, further comprising: prior to rendering the search data, receiving one or more search criteria.
- 21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
rendering self-referential data based on one or more of the presentation data, metadata and search data for the interactive medium, and wherein said formatting further includes formatting the self-referential data within the media image.
- 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the self-referential data includes an indication of the amount of space used and remaining for use on the interactive medium.
- 23. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
automatically generate multi-lingual content for portions of the first metadata and the first search data.
- 24. An interactive medium, the content of which includes a media image comprising:
presentation data; metadata associated with the presentation data; and search data corresponding to the first meta-data, whereby the search data is formed into menus from which portions of the presentation data can be selected.
- 25. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said presentation data is audio data.
- 26. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said presentation data is video data.
- 27. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said content further includes:
self-referential data about said interactive medium.
- 28. The interactive medium of claim 27, wherein the self-referential data includes an indication of the amount of space used and remaining for use on the interactive medium.
- 29. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said menus contain a scroll bar-type structure composed of a plurality of buttons whereby a user can move between individual ones of a set menus containing overlapping portions of a list of search data.
- 30. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said interactive medium is a DVD and the media image a disc image.
- 31. The DVD of claim 30, wherein said disc image conforms to the DVD-RW format.
- 32. The DVD of claim 30, wherein said disc image conforms to the DVD+R format.
- 33. The DVD of claim 30, wherein said disc image conforms to the DVD+RW format.
- 34. The DVD of claim 30, wherein said disc image conforms to the DVD-RAM format.
- 35. The DVD of claim 30, wherein said disc image conforms to the DVD-R format.
- 36. The interactive medium of claim 24, wherein said interactive medium is a CD and the media image a disc image.
- 37. The CD of claim 36, wherein said disc image conforms to the CD-R format.
- 38. The CD of claim 36, wherein said disc image conforms to the CD-RW format.
- 39. A system comprising:
a medium containing presentation data, metadata associated with the presentation data, and search data corresponding to the content of the metadata; and a player whereby the metadata and the search data can be displayed and whereby presentation data can be chosen from a selection made from the search data.
- 40. The system of claim 39, wherein the medium is a DVD and the player conforms to the DVD standard.
- 41. The system of claim 39, wherein the presentation data is audio content.
- 42. The system of claim 39, wherein the presentation data is video content.
- 43. The system of claim 39, wherein the search data is a collection of menus.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This non-provisional application is related to and claims priority based on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/439,055, entitled “Searchable DVD Incorporating Metadata,” filed on Jan. 8, 2003, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60439055 |
Jan 2003 |
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