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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Subutai Ahmad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Neal A. Bhadkamkar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steve B. Cousins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emanuel E. Farber, New York, NY (US);
Paul A. Freiberger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christopher D. Horner, Redmond, WA (US);
Philippe P. Piernot, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brygg A. Ullmer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Subutai Ahmad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Neal A. Bhadkamkar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steve B. Cousins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emanuel E. Farber, New York, NY (US);
Paul A. Freiberger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christopher D. Horner, Redmond, WA (US);
Philippe P. Piernot, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brygg A. Ullmer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Interval Licensing LLC, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for review of news content (audio, video and/or textual news content), such that an overview of the news content can be quickly ascertained and flexibility in the manner in which it is presented are provided. News programs (e.g. television news programs) and news stories (e.g., on-line news) are acquired and the system enables the user to easily move among and randomly access the segments of news programs and quickly locate the segments of a particular subject. News stories related to the segment of news program being viewed can be identified and displayed. Flexible playback allows speeding-up the display of the news program while displaying summary of one or more program segments and accelerating playback of a paused program after resuming from the pause. The system can additionally indicate to the user which news story is currently being viewed, and which news stories have already been viewed.