Patent ID: 8359536

Claim:
A method for automatically composing an electronic audio-visual menu for selection of playback of audio-visual data, wherein a first portion of audio-visual data and a first portion of menu data is retrieved from a first storage medium being an exchangeable pre-recorded medium and wherein a second portion of audio-visual data and a second portion of menu data are obtained from a second data source, wherein said second portion of menu data has at least one first attribute associated and wherein said second portion of menu data contains navigation chaining information, the method comprising the steps of generating an initial menu from the first portion of menu data, wherein the first portion of menu data comprises audio-visual data, the initial menu containing one or more visible, selectable buttons and at least one invisible placeholder that cannot be selected, wherein the placeholder has at least one second attribute associated with said placeholder; extracting said first attribute associated with the second portion of menu data; comparing said extracted first attribute with said second attribute associated with the placeholder; and based on said comparison, if both attributes match, replacing the placeholder with a visible and selectable button defined by the second portion of menu data, wherein the second data source is different from said first storage medium and wherein said second portion of audio-visual data comprises no menu data, and said second portion of menu data comprises audio-visual menu data, and wherein said navigation chaining information defines a button to be selected next upon a user input of one of “UP”, “DOWN”, “LEFT” and “RIGHT” keys on a remote control.