Method and apparatus for playing multimedia contents
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1. An apparatus, embodied on a hardware platform, for playing multimedia contents, the apparatus comprising:
- a mode analyzer which determines whether a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents comprises contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents;
a menu processor which detects the contents menus from the multimedia contents file and outputs the contents menus for a display if it is determined, by the mode analyzer, that the multimedia contents file comprises the contents menus;
a controller which controls the multimedia contents corresponding to a contents menu selected from the contents menus;
an image processor which decodes and outputs image data corresponding to the multimedia contents and a contents service corresponding to the selected contents menu under control of the controller; and
a sound processor which decodes and outputs sound data corresponding to the multimedia contents under control of the controller,wherein, if it is determined, by the mode analyzer, that the multimedia contents file does not comprise the contents menus, the image data and the sound data are extracted from the multimedia contents file, and provided to the image processor and the sound processor, respectively.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for playing multimedia contents are provided. The method includes if a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents is loaded, detecting contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents from the multimedia contents file and displaying the contents menus; and if a specific contents menu is selected from the contents menus, providing a contents service corresponding to the selected contents menu.
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1. An apparatus, embodied on a hardware platform, for playing multimedia contents, the apparatus comprising:
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a mode analyzer which determines whether a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents comprises contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents; a menu processor which detects the contents menus from the multimedia contents file and outputs the contents menus for a display if it is determined, by the mode analyzer, that the multimedia contents file comprises the contents menus; a controller which controls the multimedia contents corresponding to a contents menu selected from the contents menus; an image processor which decodes and outputs image data corresponding to the multimedia contents and a contents service corresponding to the selected contents menu under control of the controller; and a sound processor which decodes and outputs sound data corresponding to the multimedia contents under control of the controller, wherein, if it is determined, by the mode analyzer, that the multimedia contents file does not comprise the contents menus, the image data and the sound data are extracted from the multimedia contents file, and provided to the image processor and the sound processor, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for playing multimedia contents, the method comprising:
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detecting contents menus for controlling multimedia contents from a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents and displaying the contents menus; and if a specific contents menu is selected from the contents menus, providing a contents service corresponding to the selected contents menu, wherein the detecting of the contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents from the multimedia contents file and displaying the contents menus comprises; determining whether the multimedia contents file comprises the contents menus; if it is determined that the multimedia contents file comprises the contents menus, displaying the contents menus; and if it is determined that the multimedia contents file does not comprise the contents menus, extracting image and sound data from the multimedia contents file and outputting an image and a sound. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for playing multimedia contents, the method comprising:
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receiving a multimedia contents file; detecting contents menus, which control multimedia contents, in the received multimedia contents file; displaying the detected contents menus; receiving a selection of a specific contents menu; and providing a contents service corresponding to the specific contents menu, wherein the detecting comprises; detecting an absence of the contents menus in the multimedia contents file; transmitting a menu nonexistence signal; extracting image and sound data from the received multimedia contents file based on the transmitted menu nonexistence signal; and outputting an image and a sound. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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