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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2001
John Zimmerman, Ossining, NY (US);
Nevenka Dimitrova, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Lekshmy Parameswaran, New York City, NY (US);
John Zimmerman, Ossining, NY (US);
Nevenka Dimitrova, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Lekshmy Parameswaran, New York City, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is disclosed a video playback device for playing back a recorded television program in time-compressed mode on a display screen coupled to the video playback device. The video playback device comprises: 1) a disk storage system for storing the recorded television program as a plurality of audio-video segments; and 2) a fast playback controller for determining a limited time period during which the recorded television program must be played back and further capable of using at least one priority value associated with each of the plurality of audio-video segments to identify selected ones of the plurality of audio-video segments capable of being sequentially played-back during the limited time period.