Patent ID: 7356250
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a user to create a customized video presentation from one or more preexisting digital video titles on a DVD, the method comprising: selecting least one video frame from the one or more preexisting digital video titles by the user, wherein the video frame selected can be any video frame from the one or more preexisting digital video titles; selecting one or more interest points from the at least one selected video frame by the user; manipulating the one or more interest points in the associated video frame in response to the user by generating a set of op-code instructions that are used to permanently modify original video data corresponding to the one or more interest points in the associated video frame; and storing a file on the digital video disc (DVD) separate from the original video data stored on the DVD after manipulating the one or more interest points in the associated video frame, said file storing the video frame manipulated by the op-code instructions in response to the user and having identifiers for relating the manipulated video frame and the one or more interest points to the associated preexisting digital video title containing the original video data corresponding to the video frame before manipulation, the original video frame also remaining stored on the DVD in unaltered form, wherein during playback of the customized video presentation by DVD player, said file causes said DVD player to display the manipulated video frame stored in the file on the DVD in place of the corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title stored on the DVD such that a user is able to examine the one or more interest points in the manipulated video frame, said location of said corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title being specified by the associated identifiers in said file.