Patent ID: 8499011

Claim:
A decoding method comprising: receiving multimedia data which comprises a file type area having file format information, a media area including video data and audio data, a media information area including a video track area and an audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data and the audio data, and a file information area including a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu that provides an interface between a user and media data in the media area, a multimedia file including the file type area, file information area, media information area and media area; extracting the description data from the multimedia data, the description data being based on Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR); decoding the extracted description data by extracting scalable vector graphics format data from the description data; displaying a menu using the description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the file information area further includes an identification/position information area including identification information and position information regarding the media data included in the media area, and the description data identifies shape elements used for menu buttons.