Presenting content of a DVD using console and overlay
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling presentation of media content of a DVD by a DVD player, the apparatus comprising, (a) a console that communicates with the DVD player, said console comprising a machine readable medium containing a library of codes for communicating to the DVD player, in a protocol of the DVD player, commands relating to control of the DVD player;
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(c) wherein, when said overlay is coupled to said console, said console communicates a command to the DVD player, said communicated command resulting in the DVD player presenting media content of the DVD to which said overlay is specific.
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling presentation of media content of a DVD by a DVD player includes a console that communicates with the DVD player and an overlay that is specific to media content of the DVD. When the overlay is coupled to the console, the console communicates a command to the DVD player resulting in presentation of media content of the DVD. An overlay presents buttons configured as shapes such as numbers, letters, and animals. When such an overlay is coupled to a console and upon the pressing of such a button, the console communicates a command to a DVD player resulting in the player presenting media content related to the button of the overlay pressed.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling presentation of media content of a DVD by a DVD player, the apparatus comprising,
(a) a console that communicates with the DVD player, said console comprising a machine readable medium containing a library of codes for communicating to the DVD player, in a protocol of the DVD player, commands relating to control of the DVD player; - and
(b) an overlay that is specific to at least a portion of the media content of the DVD and that is capable of being removably coupled to said console;
(c) wherein, when said overlay is coupled to said console, said console communicates a command to the DVD player, said communicated command resulting in the DVD player presenting media content of the DVD to which said overlay is specific. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a DVD player to present media content of a DVD within the DVD player, the method comprising:
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(a) placing onto a console an overlay that is specific to the media content of the DVD, the console comprising machine readable medium containing a library of codes for communicating to the DVD player, in a protocol of the DVD player, commands relating to presentation of the media content of the DVD by the DVD player; and
(b) communicating by the console a code from said library to the DVD player thereby controlling the DVD player to present the media content of the DVD to which said overlay is specific. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An apparatus for controlling a media device having a remote controller, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a controller that communicates with the media device; and
(b) an overlay adapted to be removably coupled to said controller, said overlay comprising a plurality of user inputs, each user input exposed for direct contact by a user in actuation thereof;
(c) wherein said controller includes machine readable medium having software for communicating, upon actuation of a said user input, a communication from the controller to the media device, the communication including a code representing a button press of the remote controller for the media device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A media presentation system for presenting media content, the system comprising,
(a) a host system for presenting media content, said host system including, (i) a DVD containing the media content, and (ii) a DVD player for presenting the media content of said DVD; - and
(b) an apparatus for controlling presentation of the media content of said DVD by said DVD player, said apparatus comprising, (i) an overlay including media content printed thereof that is specific to the media content of said DVD, and (ii) a console, said overlay being removably attached to said console, said console comprising, (A) a processor, (B) machine readable medium containing a library of codes for communicating to said DVD player, in a protocol of said DVD player, commands relating to presentation of the media content of said DVD, and (C) machine readable medium containing a program for communicating codes of said library to said DVD player;
(c) wherein said program executed by said processor performs a method when said overlay is coupled to said console, the method comprising the steps of, (i) accessing said library, and (ii) communicating by the console a code from said library to said DVD player thereby controlling said DVD player in presenting the media content of said DVD to which said overlay is specific. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for navigating media content of a DVD that is presented by a DVD player, the apparatus comprising,
(a) a console that communicates with the DVD player, said console comprising a machine readable medium containing codes for communicating, in a protocol of the DVD player, signals to the DVD player, each communicated signal representing a button press of a standard remote controller of the DVD player; - and
(b) an overlay that is capable of being removably coupled to said console, said overlay presenting buttons;
(c) wherein, when said overlay is coupled to said console and a said area representing a button is pressed, said console communicates a said signal to the DVD player, said communicated signal resulting in a selection of a menu option of a menu of the media content of the DVD that is being presented by the DVD player. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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