A device and method for integrating passive data content into multimedia content-controlled
environment is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention,
a device is coupled to a server through a network. The device includes a storage
memory that includes a number of text sections. Additionally, the server can update
the plurality of text sections through the network. The device also includes a
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) drive coupled to the storage memory. The DVD drive
plays a DVD, wherein the DVD includes video content. Moreover, a number of time
codes are associated with positions in the video content. The DVD drive includes
a register that includes a register value. Further, the DVD drive includes a table
having a number of table entries, wherein each table entry includes one of a number
of register values, one of the number of time codes and an address. Each address
is associated with one of the plurality of text sections.