MEDIA CONTROL UNIT FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT OF DVD
First Claim
1. A method performed by a media control unit for providing an interactive experience with audiovisual content of a DVD that is played by a multimedia player, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving, by the media control unit, a user-generated signal that is representative of a response of the user to a first video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD that is presented to the user;
(b) in response to the user-generated signal received in said step (a) determining, by the media control unit, one or more media control signals to communicate to the multimedia device that will result in the multimedia player playing an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD in order to provide to the user an interactive experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD, the appropriate video sequence being one of a plurality of possible video sequences of the audiovisual content of the DVD that are available for presentation to the user subsequent to the first video sequence; and
(c) wirelessly communicating, by the media control unit, for receipt by the multimedia device, the one or more media control signals determined in said step (b) for playing of the appropriate video sequence;
whereby the appropriate video sequence from the DVD is played by the multimedia player in reply to the response of the user in said step (a) and the interactive experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD is provided to the user.
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Abstract
A method performed by a media control unit provides an interactive experience with audiovisual content of a DVD played by a multimedia player and includes: receiving a user-generated signal representative of a response of the user to a first video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD presented to the user; in response to the user-generated signal, determining media control signals for communicating to the multimedia device that will result in the multimedia player playing an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD representing a reply to the user'"'"'s response; and wirelessly communicating, for receipt by the multimedia device, the determined media control signals, whereby the appropriate video sequence is played in reply to the user'"'"'s response.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a media control unit for providing an interactive experience with audiovisual content of a DVD that is played by a multimedia player, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving, by the media control unit, a user-generated signal that is representative of a response of the user to a first video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD that is presented to the user;
(b) in response to the user-generated signal received in said step (a) determining, by the media control unit, one or more media control signals to communicate to the multimedia device that will result in the multimedia player playing an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD in order to provide to the user an interactive experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD, the appropriate video sequence being one of a plurality of possible video sequences of the audiovisual content of the DVD that are available for presentation to the user subsequent to the first video sequence; and
(c) wirelessly communicating, by the media control unit, for receipt by the multimedia device, the one or more media control signals determined in said step (b) for playing of the appropriate video sequence;
whereby the appropriate video sequence from the DVD is played by the multimedia player in reply to the response of the user in said step (a) and the interactive experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD is provided to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method performed by a game control unit for providing an interactive gaming experience with audiovisual content of a DVD that is played by a multimedia player, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving, by the game control unit, a user-generated signal that is representative of an action of the user in a game;
(b) in response to the user-generated signal received in said step (a), determining, by the game control unit, one or more game control signals to communicate to the multimedia device that will result in the multimedia player playing an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD in order to provide to the user an interactive gaming experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD, the appropriate video sequence being one of a plurality of possible video sequences of the audiovisual content of the DVD that are available for presentation to the user subsequent to the first video sequence, the appropriate video sequence being dependent upon a detected presence by the game control unit of an object that is removably coupled to the game control unit; and
(c) wirelessly communicating, by the game control unit, for receipt by the multimedia device, the one or more game control signals determined in said step (b) for playing of the appropriate video sequence;
whereby the appropriate video sequence from the DVD is played by the multimedia player in response to the action of the user in the game in said step (a), and the interactive gaming experience with the audiovisual content of the DVD is provided to the user. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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