System and method for rendering digital content using time offsets

摘要

A system and method for rendering digital content includes a media player having access to at least one server via a network. In addition to storing digital data corresponding to a printed document, such as an eBook, the one or more servers also stores a descriptor file. The descriptor file includes time information for defining the digital data, which is determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the text of the printed document. The digital content to be rendered is selected using the time information in the descriptor file and a time offset external to the descriptor file.

主权项

1. A method of rendering digital content comprising:
providing a media player having access to at least one server via a network, the at least one server having stored thereon a descriptor file and a plurality of media streams derived from a same originating written work, each media stream including a plurality of digital data files, the descriptor file including information allowing a simultaneous synchronized rendering of the plurality of media streams that provides a literary experience of the originating written work, the information including time information for each digital data file in each media stream, the time information for synchronizing the plurality of media streams and determined relative to a timeline of an audio recording of the originating written work; determining a first digital data file from the plurality of digital data files in a first media stream from the plurality of media streams, the first digital data file having digital content to be rendered with the media player, and determined using the time information in the descriptor file and a predetermined time offset, the predetermined time offset external to the descriptor file and determined relative to the timeline of the audio recording; downloading the first digital data file or a digital data segment contained in the first digital data file and determined using the time information in the descriptor file from the at least one server so that the digital content is resident with the media player; and rendering the digital content using the media player at an arbitrary point determined using the predetermined time offset.