INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD

• US 20100166391A1
• Filed: 03/09/2010
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hideki Mimura, Yasufumi Tsumagari
• Original Assignee: Hideki Mimura, Yasufumi Tsumagari
• Inventors: TSUMAGARI, Yasufumi, Mimura, Hideki
• Application Number:
  US12/720,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20100166391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1062 Data buffering arrangements, e.g. recording or playback buffers
• 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: 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 apparatus includes a playback engine which acquires video/audio contents from a disc, an ENAV engine+Internet connection unit which acquire ENAV contents from the disc or acquire another ENAV contents from a server via a communication line, and a buffer manager. This buffer manager generates timing information upon completion of acquisition of the ENAV contents.

Claims

1. A player apparatus configured to playback or reproduce contents complying with a predetermined standard, the contents including AV contents and navigation contents that can be played back or reproduced in association with playback of the AV contents, the player apparatus comprising:

a playback module configured to playback the AV contents; and

a navigation module configured to reproduce the navigation contents, the navigation module comprising

a buffer module configured to store or to load one or more files of the navigation contents according to loading information including name information of the navigation contents.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the player apparatus is configured to perform a seamless playback of the AV contents.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the navigation contents further include information relating to language.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication module configured to obtain the contents from a network.

6. An information storage medium configured to be used with the apparatus of claim 1, the medium comprising areas for storing the navigation contents and the AV contents.

5. A method of playing back contents complying with a predetermined standard, the contents including AV contents and navigation contents that can be played back or reproduced in association with playback of the AV contents, the method comprising:

reproducing the navigation contents, using a buffer module configured to store or to load one or more files of the navigation contents, according to loading information including name information of the navigation contents; and

playing back the AV contents.