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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 05, 1999
Blair B. A. Birmingham, Toronto, CA;
Cheryl B. Giblon, Thornhill, CA;
Blair B. A. Birmingham, Toronto, CA;
Cheryl B. Giblon, Thornhill, CA;
ATI International SRL, Barbados, KN;
Abstract
During a fast forward search of a multimedia presentation, the audio portion of the multimedia presentation is pitch-adjusted and played back in order to assist the user in determining where within the multimedia presentation the playback currently is located. In another embodiment, the audio playback portion of the multimedia presentation can be buffered such that only intermittent portions of the audio are played back in such a manner that is audible to an end user in determining where in the multimedia presentation the playback routine is located. Another embodiment accommodates a multimedia presentation being reversed will have its audio portion buffered and played back in forward in order to assist the user in determining where in the multimedia presentation the rewind currently is. In addition, an individual word detect can be performed during the rewind whereby each word is individually detected and played forward after its detection.
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