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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Yuko Nishikawa, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aaron John Dew, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael A. Bergeron, Poway, CA (US);
Yuko Nishikawa, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aaron John Dew, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael A. Bergeron, Poway, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for customizing content navigation. In one embodiment, a user navigates through pre-recorded or cached content in accordance with on one or more user preferences. Such user preferences may include one or more of content cache size, instant replay time, advance time, FF/REV speeds, slow motion speed and overshoot correction. In one embodiment, a DVR setup menu may be used to enter the user preferences via a remote control device. The user preferences may then be saved in non-volatile memory and used for navigation of subsequent content playback.