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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2002
Applicants:

Ronald Lynn Blair, Carmel, IN (US);

Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);

Robert Warren Schmidt, Carmel, IN (US);

Inventors:

Ronald Lynn Blair, Carmel, IN (US);

Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);

Robert Warren Schmidt, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for playing a digital audio recording at a speed other than 1X, the method comprises retrieving stored digital audio information represented in a plurality of audio frames. A portion of the plurality of audio frames are ranked according to an energy content in the portion of audio frames. Audio frames having least energy content in accordance with the ranking are deleted from the portion of the plurality of audio frames. Remaining ones of the portion of audio frames following deletion are selected to form an audio trick mode playback signal.


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