Patent ID: 7003598

Claim:
A method performed by a remote control unit for providing an interactive experience with audiovisual content of a DVD that is played by a multimedia player, the method comprising: first, (a) receiving, by the remote control unit, a user-generated signal from a user input device of the remote control unit, said received user-generated signal being representative of a response of the user to a first video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD that is presented to the user; (b) based on said received user-generated signal, determining by the remote control unit, in a manner independent of the multimedia player, an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD to be presented to the user from among a plurality of possible video sequences of the audiovisual content of the DVD that are available for presentation to the user subsequent to the first video sequence; and (c) wirelessly communicating, by the remote control unit, one or more remote control signals to cause the multimedia player to play the video sequence determined to be appropriate in said step (b); and subsequently, (d) receiving, by the remote control unit, a user-generated signal from a user input device of the remote control unit, said received user-generated signal being representative of a response of the user to presentation of the appropriate video sequence of said step (b); (e) based on said received user-generated signal of said step (d), determining by the remote control unit, in a manner independent of the multimedia player, an appropriate video sequence of the audiovisual content of the DVD to be presented to the user from among a plurality of possible video sequences of the audiovisual content of the DVD that are then available for presentation to the user; and (f) wirelessly communicating, by the remote control unit, one or more remote control signals to cause the multimedia player to play the appropriate video sequence of said step (e).