Method for generating multi-language menus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9304664-B2
Application number	US-201414190476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Dec 2, 2004
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for executing in a player device a software application relating to an audio-visual presentation,
wherein the audio-visual presentation is one of a plurality of titles stored on a first storage medium, the method comprising
detecting a title selection request, and in response to the title selection request
generating or updating a virtual file system according to the selected title;
reading, within the virtual file system, data from the first storage medium, the data comprising audio-visual presentation data and software application data,

the software application data having a language label associated;
comparing the language label associated to the read software application data with a preferred language identifier;
selecting, within said virtual file system, software application data that are associated with a language label matching the preferred language identifier;
caching the selected software application data that are associated with a language label matching the preferred language identifier in a cache memory within the player device;
generating a first audio-visual presentation based on said audio-visual presentation data, wherein the first audio-visual presentation starts automatically;
during the first audio-visual presentation performing at least one of processing, decompressing, unpacking and compiling the cached software application data and
upon termination of said at least one of processing, decompressing, unpacking and compiling the cached software application data, performing
terminating said first audio-visual presentation;
generating a second audio-visual presentation from said audio-visual presentation data readable from the first storage medium; and
executing a software application based on the cached data while generating said second audio-visual presentation, wherein the software application is distinct from the audio-visual presentation and the software application modifies the audio-visual presentation.

2. A Non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a software application relating to an audio-visual presentation,
wherein the audio-visual presentation is one of a plurality of titles stored on a first storage medium, the software application having instructions that allow a playback device to perform
detecting a title selection request, and in response to the title selection request
generating or updating a virtual file system according to the selected title;
reading, within the virtual file system, data from the first storage medium, the data comprising audio-visual presentation data and software application data,

the software application data having a language label associated;
comparing the language label associated to the read software application data with a preferred language identifier;
selecting, within said virtual file system, software application data that are associated with a language label matching the preferred language identifier;
caching the selected software application data that are associated with a language label matching the preferred language identifier in a cache memory within the player device;
generating a first audio-visual presentation based on said audio-visual presentation data, wherein the first audio-visual presentation starts automatically;
during the first audio-visual presentation performing at least one of processing, decompressing, unpacking and compiling the cached software application data and
upon termination of said at least one of processing, decompressing, unpacking and compiling the cached software application data, performing
terminating said first audio-visual presentation;
generating a second audio-visual presentation from said audio-visual presentation data; and
executing a software application based on the cached data while generating said second audio-visual presentation, wherein the software application is distinct from the audio-visual presentation and the software application modifies the audio-visual presentation.

Assignees

• Thomson Licensing
• Thomas Licensing

Inventors

• Hoerentrup Jobst
• Gandolph Dirk
• Ostermann Ralf
• Herpel Carsten
• Janssen Uwe
• Peters Hartmut
• Schewzow Andrej
• Winter Marco

Classifications

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F9/4448

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F9/454 Primary

  Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation · CPC title