Media playing system and process

• US 20060205516A1
• Filed: 03/10/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Imaginationdvd Corporation
• Original Assignee: Imaginationdvd Corporation
• Inventors: Yeend, Shane Antony, Pike, Shane Donald
• Application Number:
  US11/078,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20060205516A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games

Abstract

A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an individual video sequence or a string of video sequences. Each content item is associated with a respective identification codes, such that each content item is associated with a corresponding identification code that is different from the identification codes of other content items. The DVD player controller is controlled to select, by pseudo-random selection or generation, at least one of the identification codes from the plurality of identification codes. The DVD player controller may be controlled to perform that pseudo-random selection or generation with software stored on (and read from) the DVD storage medium.

Claims

1. -35. (canceled)

36. A media game comprising:

a board containing a path of travel;

a plurality of player identification pieces; and

media containing a plurality of player puzzles and a control program for controlling the operation of a media player such that said puzzles are randomly accessed during the playing of said media game.

37. A media game as claimed in claim 36, wherein said puzzles include video and/or audio clips.

38. A media game as claimed in claim 37, wherein said clips are separated into tables.

39. A media game as claimed in claim 37, wherein said control program includes a plurality of player instruction modules.

40. A media game as claimed in claim 39, wherein said player instruction modules include an initializing module for preparing a media player for playing the media game.

41. A media game as claimed in claim 40, wherein the initialization module includes an initialization routine for randomly shuffling said clips.

42. A media player as claimed in claim 41, wherein said player instruction modules also include a question selection module for selecting and displaying one of a plurality of questions associated with a clip.

43. A media game as claimed in claim 42, wherein said player instruction modules also include a timer module for keeping track of, and displaying a countdown clock on a display device during the playing of said game.

44. A media game as claimed in claim 43, wherein said player instruction modules also include a clip play module for retrieving and displaying clips and associated questions in accordance with a current clip value.

45. A media game as claimed in claim 39, wherein said player instruction modules include a question selection module for selecting and displaying one of a plurality of questions associated with a clip.

46. A media game as claimed in claim 39, wherein said player instruction modules include a timer module for keeping track of, and displaying a countdown clock on a display device during the playing of said media game.

47. A media game as claimed in claim 39, wherein said player instruction modules also include a clip lay module for retrieving and displaying clips and associated questions in accordance with a current clip value.

48. A media game as claimed in claim 36, wherein said media game is a parlor game.

49. A media game as claimed in claim 36, wherein said media game is an educational, training or promotional tool.

50. A media game as claimed in claim 36, also including trivia question cards.

51. A media game is claimed in a set of claim 36, wherein said plurality of puzzles are formed by a set of clips stored on said media and said control program selects and plays clips on a media player selected from said set of clips, without tracking these clips that have been selected.

52. A media game as claimed in claim 36, wherein said media is a DVD and wherein said media player is a DVD player.

53. Media for controlling presentation by a human-perceivable presentation device when said media is played by a media player, said media containing a puzzle for presentation by said human-perceivable presentation device when said media is played by a media player, said presentation comprising a clip and a question regarding the content of the clip.

54. Media as claimed in claim 53 wherein said presentation is a display and said human-perceivable presentation device is an audio/video display device.

55. Media as claimed in claim 54 wherein said clip is a video clip.

56. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said media is a digital video disc (“

DVD”

).

57. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip is displayed before said question.

58. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said question is displayed before said video clip.

59. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip includes a plurality of objects arrayed in random order.

60. Media as claimed in claim 56 wherein said objects are movie titles.

61. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip is a word sequence.

62. Media as claimed in claim 61 wherein said word sequence is a dialog sequence.

63. Media as claimed in claim 62 wherein said dialog sequence is from a movie.

64. Media as claimed in claim 61 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.

65. Media as claimed in claim 62 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.

66. Media as claimed in claim 63 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.

67. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip comprises a group of images.

68. Media as claimed in claim 67 wherein said group of images is from a movie.

69. Media as claimed in claim 67 wherein said group of images identify an object.

70. Media as claimed in claim 69 wherein said object is selected from a group consisting of names, titles, phrases, and events.

71. Media as claimed in claim 70 wherein names include the names of individuals.

72. Media as claimed in claim 70 wherein names include characters portrayed by individuals.

73. Media as claimed in claim 67 wherein the images, when combined, identify a predetermined object or thing.

74. Media as claimed in claim 73 wherein said object or thing is selected from a group consisting of names, titles, phrases, and events.

75. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip comprises a series of images of individuals.

76. Media as claimed in claim 75 wherein said individuals are actors or actresses.

77. Media as claimed in claim 75 wherein the question is the identity of the individuals.

78. Media as claimed in claim 76 wherein the question is the identity of the individuals.

79. Media as claimed in claim 75 wherein said individuals are characters played by actors or actresses.

80. Media as claimed in claim 79 wherein the question is the identity of the actor or actress who played the character.

81. Media as claimed in claim 55 wherein said video clip comprises a series of short scenes presented in succession.

82. Media as claimed in claim 81 wherein the short scenes are from a movie.

83. Media as claimed in claim 81 wherein the short scenes are from different movies.

84. Media as claimed in claim 81 wherein the question is the identity of an actor or actress in the short scenes.

85. Media as claimed in claim 82 wherein the question is the identity of an actor or actress in the short scenes.

86. Media as claimed in claim 83 wherein the question is the identity of an actor or actress in the short scenes.

87. Media as claimed in claim 54 wherein said clip is an audio clip.

88. Media as claimed in claim 87 wherein said media is a digital video disc (“

DVD”

).

89. Media as claimed in claim 87 wherein said audio clip is played before said question.

90. Media as claimed in claim 87 wherein said question is played before said audio clip.

91. Media as claimed in claim 87 wherein said audio clip is a word sequence.

92. Media as claimed in claim 91 wherein said word sequence is a dialog sequence.

93. Media as claimed in claim 92 wherein said dialog sequence is from a movie.

94. Media as claimed in claim 91 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.

95. Media as claimed in claim 92 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.

96. Media as claimed in claim 93 wherein the question is the identity of the speaker of the sequence.