Patent ID: 8452801

Claim:
A decoding method, implemented by a processor, comprising: receiving multimedia data which comprises a file type area including information regarding a format of a file, a media area including a video data area and an audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and an audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, and a file information area including a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu, the menu providing an interface between a user and media data in the media area; extracting the description data from the multimedia data, the description data being described using Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR); decoding the extracted description data by extracting scalable vector graphics format data from the description data; displaying the menu using the description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the file type area, the media area, the media information area and the file information area are incorporated into a single file, each of the video track area and the audio track area comprises at least one of temporal information and spatial information of a corresponding content, the description data identifies shape elements used for menu buttons, and the video track area includes a track meta area.