Patent ID: 8271553

Claim:
A decoding method, implemented by a processor, comprising: receiving multimedia data which consists of a file type area having file format information, 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 that provides 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; rendering a menu using the decoded 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, the video track area includes a track meta area, and the track meta area includes eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format data on the media data.