Slicing interactive graphic data in disc authoring

1. A method for authoring a Blu-ray Disc, the method comprising:

defining interactive regions within a composition with buttons and associating commands with the buttons;

automatically slicing non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons,

wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any commands but allows all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed; and

associating interactive and non-interactive regions with an interactive presentation plane, which includes and displays both interactive and non-interactive buttons.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically defining non-interactive regions is efficiently configured in accordance with a memory allocation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive presentation plane is included within an audio/video stream.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive presentation plane is scaled.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the scaled interactive presentation plane is included within an audio/video stream.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive presentation plane overlays a video presentation plane.

7. A Blu-ray Disc authoring system, comprising elements that:

define interactive regions within a composition with buttons and commands associated with the buttons;

automatically slice non-interactive regions within the composition,

wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any commands but allows all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed; and

associate interactive and non-interactive regions with an interactive presentation plane.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any command.

9. A method for defining an interactive graphic for a Blu-ray Disc, the method comprising:

identifying an interactive graphics display;

identifying interactive regions within the display and associating a command with each respective interactive region;

identifying non-interactive regions within the display;

automatically defining portions of the non-interactive regions, which are not associated with any commands but allows all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed, into partitions,

wherein the interactive and non-interactive regions comprise and interactive composition; and

associating interactive and non-interactive regions with an interactive presentation plane.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein there is no command associated with the non-interactive regions within the display.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein automatically defining portions of the non-interactive region into partitions is efficiently configured according to a memory allocation.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the partitions are rectangular shaped.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the partitions are non-rectangular shaped.

14. An apparatus for authoring a Blu-ray Disc, the apparatus comprising:

means for defining interactive regions within a compositions with buttons and associating commands with the buttons;

means for automatically slicing non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons,

wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any commands but allows all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed; and

means for associating interactive and non-interactive regions with an interactive presentation plane.

15. An apparatus for defining an interactive graphic for a Blu-ray Disc, the apparatus comprising:

means for identifying an interactive graphics display;

means for identifying interactive regions within the display and associating a command with each respective region;

means for identifying non-interactive regions within the display; and

means for automatically slicing portions of the non-interactive regions into partitions to allow all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed,

wherein the interactive an non-interactive regions comprise an interactive graphics presentation plane.

16. A computer-readable non transitory storage medium storing a computer program, for authoring a Blu-ray Disc, the program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

receive input defining interactive regions within a composition with buttons and associating commands with the buttons;

automatically define non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons,

wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any command but allows all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed; and

associating interactive and non-interactive regions with an interactive presentation plane.

17. A computer-readable non transitory storage medium storing a computer program, for authoring a Blu-ray Disc, the program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

receive definitions identifying interactive regions within the display, and commands associated with each respective region; and

identify non-interactive regions within the display and automatically define portions of the non-interactive regions into partitions to allow all desired visible portions of a graphical region to be displayed,

wherein the interactive and non-interactive regions comprise an interactive composition.