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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2005
David White, Dorset, GB;
Kevin A. Murray, Fordingbridge, GB;
Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;
David Fink, Efrat, IL;
David Whittaker, Watford, GB;
Zeev Geyzel, Alon Shvut, IL;
Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;
David White, Dorset, GB;
Kevin A. Murray, Fordingbridge, GB;
Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;
David Fink, Efrat, IL;
David Whittaker, Watford, GB;
Zeev Geyzel, Alon Shvut, IL;
Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;
NDS Limited, Staines, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A method for switching from playing a first compressed data segment to playing a second compressed recorded data segment, the method including playing an uncompressed copy of a start of the second compressed recorded data segment upon switching from playing the first compressed data segment, decoding the second compressed recorded data segment from a preceding random access point, the preceding random access point preceding, in the second compressed recorded data segment, a point at which playing is to be switched to the second compressed recorded data segment, stopping the decoding of the second compressed recorded data segment when reaching a point beyond a point currently being played in the uncompressed copy, and switching to playing the second compressed recorded data segment when playing the uncompressed copy of a start of the second compressed recorded data segment reaches the point at which the decoding of the second compressed recorded data segment was stopped. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.