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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Robert M. Fries, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric J. Wolz, Bothel, WA (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Fries, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric J. Wolz, Bothel, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein is a technology for the presentation of digital video. One implementation, described herein, smoothly presents variable-speed scanning of a compressed digital video stream—for example, a MPEG video stream. One implementation, described herein, smooth scanning (e.g., fast-forward and fast-rewind) video is produced by selectively displaying certain types of frames of a Group-of-Pictures (GOP). The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.