Patent ID: 8699854
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: retrieving audio and visual (AV) data that is streamed from a storage medium and divided into one or more chapters; obtaining listing information including a list of navigation information; obtaining, using the listing information, navigation information associated with the AV data, the navigation information including identification information, location information, time information, and size information; obtaining, from the navigation information, the location information, the identification information, the time information and the size information; receiving a request for additional data through a user interface configured to facilitate interaction between a user and a device through the communication of information; receiving, according to the request and using the identification information and the location information, additional data from an external contents providing server, the identification information identifying the additional data, and the location information indicating the location of the additional data; reproducing, using the time information, the additional data, the time information being associated with synchronization of the AV data and the additional data from the external contents providing server, the additional data being divided into one or more units, each unit of additional data being associated with one or more chapters of AV data; buffering, using the size information, the additional data in a buffer of the device, the size information indicating a buffer size needed for storing the additional data in the buffer; and outputting the additional data synchronously with the AV data.