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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Wood, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald Woodward, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Doug Shannon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ReplayTV, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus providing for “instant replays” and “quick skip” functionality in a media playback device. In the case of an instant replay, under user control, the media playback moves temporally backwards. In the case of quick skip, under user control, the media playback moves temporally forward. In one embodiment, the temporal movement is based on a predetermined time (e.g., move back 5 seconds, move forward 30 seconds). In another embodiment, the temporal movement is based on scene change analysis: