Patent ID: 8948569
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a digital video recorder, comprising the steps of: receiving at least one multimedia program from at least one input module; storing a plurality of multimedia programs in digital form on at least one storage device; wherein at least one previously recorded multimedia program is selected from the at least one storage device; simultaneously retrieving for play back a video segment from the at least one selected previously recorded multimedia program and a video segment from a multimedia program whose storage is in progress using video segment identifying information generated by the digital video recorder for at least one video segment in the at least one selected previously recorded multimedia program and video segment identifying information generated by the digital video recorder for at least one video segment in the multimedia program whose storage is in progress to cause delivery of selected video segments to an output subsystem, the digital video recorder automatically generating video segment identifying information for specific video segments in multimedia programs; and wherein the simultaneously retrieving for play back step allows playback rate and direction of each multimedia program to be controlled individually and simultaneously to perform at least one of: fast forward, rewind, pause, or play functions.