IP Library Granted Patent US 8,326,946
Granted Patent B2
US 8,326,946 · App. 10/578,377 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Compact disc playing system and its play back method

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Patent No.
US 8,326,946
App. No.
10/578,377
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical disc playing system, comprises a selecting apparatus for receiving a command from a user, which requires to play a part of content of a program in the optical disc; a sending apparatus for sending a request which requires to provide the related information of said part of content; a receiving apparatus for receiving the related information; and a reading-out apparatus for reading out the received related information and said part of content. An optical disc playing method using said system comprises the steps of: receiving a command from a user, which requires to play a part of content of a program in the optical disc; sending a request which requires to provide the related information of said part of content; receiving the related information; and playing the disc in coordination with said part of content using the received related information.

Claims (30)

1. An optical disc playing method, operable in a processor within a player, the method comprising:

receiving a command from an user, which requires playing a part of content of a program contained on an optical disc;

determining whether related information associated with said part of content is available on said optical disc;

sending a request to a network, the request requiring the related information of said part of content determined not on said optical disc be provided, said request including at least identification information of said optical disc;

receiving the related information, said related information including navigation information;

playing said part of content with the received related information, wherein the received navigation information is used in coordination with navigation information on said optical disc to play the part of the content with the received related information.

2. The optical disc playing method according to claim 1 , wherein the part of content of a program contained on the optical disc includes a part of content corresponding to a playlist.

3. The optical disc playing method according to claim 1 , wherein the request includes a language selected by the user.

4. The optical disc playing method according to claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content includes audio information.

5. The optical disc playing method according to claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content includes caption information.

6. An optical disc playing system, comprising:

a selecting apparatus for:

receiving a command from a user, which requires playing a part of content of a program contained on an optical disc; and

determining whether related information associated with said part of content is available on said optical disc

a sending apparatus for sending a request which requires providing related information of said part of content determined not on said optical disc to a network server, said request including at least identification information of said optical disc;

a receiving apparatus for receiving the related information, said related information including navigation information;

a reading-out apparatus for reading out the received related information wherein the received navigation information is used in coordination with navigation information on said optical disc to play the part of the content with the received related information.

7. The optical disc playing system according to claim 6 , wherein the part of content of a program in the optical disc corresponds to a playlist.

8. The optical disc playing system according to claim 6 , wherein the request includes a language selected by the user.

9. The optical disc playing system according to claim 6 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content includes audio information.

10. The optical disc playing system according to claim 6 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content includes caption information.

11. A method, operable in a processor within a server, for transferring downloaded information-during playing, the method comprising:

receiving a downloading request which requires downloading information corresponding to a part of content of a program determined not contained on an optical disc, said request including at least identification information of said optical disc;

identifying the part of the content in the downloading request; and

outputting the information corresponding to the part of content of the downloading request with the part of content, wherein navigation information of the information is used in coordination with navigation information on said optical disc to play the part of the content with the received related information.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the part of content corresponds to a playlist.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the request also includes a language selected by the user.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising searching the information corresponding to the part of content of the downloading request.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content of the request includes audio information.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the information corresponding to the part of content of the request includes caption information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2006
From: WANG, BEI; KELLY, DECLAN PATRICK
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIP ELECTRONICS, N.V.
Reel/Frame 017893/0520 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2005
From: SCHOTT SPEZIALGLAS AG
To: SCHOTT AG
Reel/Frame 015790/0698 →