Systems with user preference setting schemes

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1997-09-30

2000-05-16

Sax, Steven

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display driving control circuitry

Controlling the condition of display elements

345356, G11B 700

Patent

active

060643854

ABSTRACT:
A system operable with a Digital Versatile/Video Disc source, which system includes a scheme for altering one or more user preferences without interrupting the playback of a DVD title. Whereas the DVD title may have title-specific or content-provider-specific settings, the present invention decouples the user-selected preferences from the settings and stores them in a persistent medium. A generalized graphic user interface is presented for allowing a user to read the persistent medium to determine current preference values and to change them if desired. The changed values are then written back to the persistent medium so as to be available for current or future playback sessions of the DVD title. As a variation, the generalized graphic user interface may be used for providing an indication as to what other preference values are available for that title in addition to the current value in effect.

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