Information storage medium storing a plurality of titles, reproducing apparatus and method thereof

• US 8,595,759 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2004
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Kil-soo, Moon, Seong-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): SALCE, JASON P
• Application Number:
  US10/942,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20050030371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,357 Days
• Field of Search: 725/27, 725/28, 725/29, 725/30, 348/241, 348/248
• US Class Current: 725/28
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• 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: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An information storage medium on which a plurality of titles are recorded, and a reproducing apparatus and method thereof. The information storage medium includes a plurality of titles which are reproduced as motion pictures and a plurality of units of attribute information that correspond to the titles and indicate whether a user can control a title to be reproduced. Therefore, efficient navigation can be ensured and the titles can be reproduced as a manufacturer of the information storage medium has planned.

Claims

1. A method for reproducing at least one title audio/video data stream from an information storage medium using a reproducing apparatus, the method comprising:

reading index information from the information storage medium, using the reproducing apparatus, the index information comprising;

startup information designating a title audio/video data stream, the title audio/video data stream designated by the startup information being a title audio/video data stream that is played back automatically by the reproducing apparatus when the information store medium is loaded into the reproducing apparatus; and

title information corresponding to each of a plurality of title audio/video data streams recorded separately from the index information, the title information comprising attribute information corresponding to each of the plurality of title audio/video data streams;

reproducing a first title audio/video data stream based on the index information;

receiving a title search user operation instructing to reproduce a second title audio/video data stream, during reproducing the first title audio/video stream, the title search user operation comprises a title number corresponding to the second title audio/video data stream;

identifying attribute information corresponding to the second title audio/video data stream corresponding to the title number, the attribute information being included in the title information;

wherein when the attribute information is a first value, the second title audio/video data stream is reproduced and the title number of the second title audio/video data stream is displayed on a display device;

when the attribute information is a second value, the second title audio/video data stream is not reproduced and the title number of the second title audio/video data stream is displayed on the display device; and

when the attribute information is a third value, the second title audio/video data stream is not reproduced and the title number of the second title audio/video data stream is not displayed on the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute information indicates that a user of the reproducing apparatus is permitted to directly control reproduction of the corresponding title audio/video data stream using the title search user operation or indicates that the user is not permitted to directly control reproduction of the corresponding title audio/video data stream using the title search user operation.