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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Sai-wai Fu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hon Pun Sit, Fremont, CA (US);
Subutai Ahmad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sadie Louise Honey, Oakland, CA (US);
Adwait Ullal, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Layne Edwards, Southlake, TX (US);
Sai-Wai Fu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hon Pun Sit, Fremont, CA (US);
Subutai Ahmad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sadie Louise Honey, Oakland, CA (US);
Adwait Ullal, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Layne Edwards, Southlake, TX (US);
YesVideo, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing video content. The method includes acquiring video data from a source. If the video data is not digitized, then the video data is digitized. The method includes generating scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for each scene and combining the video data and scene indexes along with a media player on a video disc. The video player is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes including playing a scene from the video data on a client computer while displaying the representative stills for other of the scenes available for display on the video disc.