Patent ID: 8490022
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of authoring an audiovisual product, the method comprising the steps of: providing audiovisual content; generating at least a first menu and a second menu and for each menu generating menu definition data, each menu comprising at least one menu option; for each menu, expanding the menu definition data into a sequence of individual instances, which are arrange to coincide, temporally at least, with a playback sequence of the audiovisual content, wherein the expanding is automated by a computer program executing on a computer and includes the steps of running an iterative loop to create, for each iteration of the iterative loop, at least one instance and associated timing information, which is defined according to a variable as adjusted for each iteration of the iterative loop, and adding each instance of the sequence according to its associated timing information; arranging the first menu to be displayed during the playback of the audiovisual content; and arranging a menu option of the first menu to cause display of the second menu during playback of the audiovisual content.