Adaptive menu system for media players

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7136874
SERIAL NO

10273411

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Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.

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  • MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.;MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
LaChapelle, Kevin Leigh Redmond, WA 15 1680
Matsumi, Chiyoko Suita, JP 54 1396
Mercer, Ian Cameron Sammamish, WA 34 2063
Miyamoto, Harutoshi Ibaraki, JP 21 1080
Takeguchi, Nobuyasu Kawachinagano, JP 23 1313
Torii, Yasuyuki Yawata, JP 18 718
Yanagawa, Yoshifumi Kyoto, JP 27 1272

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