Playback control methods and arrangements for a DVD player
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1. In a system comprising a multimedia player application operatively configured to interface with a multimedia navigator program via at least one application programming interface (API), a method comprising:
- selectively causing the API to generate a bookmark that includes a current state of the multimedia navigator program with respect to a multimedia content playback process; and
providing the bookmark to the multimedia player application, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark further includes an address of a current video object being displayed, a loop count, a shuffle history, current DVD resume information, current DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, current domain information, and current phase information.
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Abstract
In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, enhancements have been developed to further extend the performance of a generic DVD navigator. The methods and arrangements herein provide a mechanism that allows a player application to precisely ‘bookmark’ locations during playback, and later resume playback at the selected bookmarked locations.
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1. In a system comprising a multimedia player application operatively configured to interface with a multimedia navigator program via at least one application programming interface (API), a method comprising:
selectively causing the API to generate a bookmark that includes a current state of the multimedia navigator program with respect to a multimedia content playback process; and
providing the bookmark to the multimedia player application, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark further includes an address of a current video object being displayed, a loop count, a shuffle history, current DVD resume information, current DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, current domain information, and current phase information.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a system comprising a multimedia player application operatively configured to interface with a multimedia navigator program via at least one application programming interface (API), a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- selectively causing the API to generate a bookmark that includes a current state of the multimedia navigator program with respect to a multimedia content playback process; and
providing the bookmark to the multimedia player application, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark further includes an address of a current video object being displayed, a loop count, a shuffle history, current DVD resume information, current DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, current domain information, and current phase information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
- selectively causing the API to generate a bookmark that includes a current state of the multimedia navigator program with respect to a multimedia content playback process; and
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9. A system comprising:
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a multimedia player application; a multimedia navigator program; and at least one application programming interface (API) configured to operatively interface the multimedia player application with the multimedia navigator program, and wherein the multimedia player application is configured to selectively cause the API to generate a bookmark that includes a current state of the multimedia navigator program with respect to a multimedia content playback process and provide the bookmark to the multimedia player application, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark further includes an address of a current video object being displayed, a loop count, a shuffle history, current DVD resume information, current DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, current domain information, and current phase information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. In a system comprising a multimedia player application operatively configured to interface with a multimedia navigator program via at least one application programming interface (API), a method comprising:
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causing the multimedia player application to provide a bookmark to the API; and causing the API to alter the playback operation of the multimedia navigator program based on information within the bookmark, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark includes an address of a video object to be displayed, an associated loop count and shuffle history, along with DVD resume information, DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, domain information, and current phase information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. In a system comprising a multimedia player application operatively configured to interface with a multimedia navigator program via at least one application programming interface (API), a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- causing the multimedia player application to provide a bookmark to the API; and
causing the API to alter the playback operation of the multimedia navigator program based on information within the bookmark, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark includes an address of a video object to be displayed, an associated loop count and shuffle history, along with DVD resume information, DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, domain information, and current phase information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- causing the multimedia player application to provide a bookmark to the API; and
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21. A system comprising:
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a multimedia player application; a multimedia navigator program; and at least one application programming interface (API) configured to operatively interface the multimedia player application with the multimedia navigator program, and wherein the multimedia player application is configured to cause the multimedia player application to provide a bookmark to the API, and the API is further configured to alter the playback operation of the multimedia navigator program based on information within the bookmark, wherein multimedia content includes digital versatile disc (DVD) content and the bookmark includes an address of a video object to be displayed, an associated loop count and shuffle history, along with DVD resume information, DVD general parameter (GPRM) information, system parameter (SPRM) information, domain information, and current phase information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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