Patent ID: 7295757
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. In an entertainment system that is capable of playing back stored video data, wherein the video data is characterized by parameters that vary as a function of time within the video data, a method of skipping the playback of video data to a location selected to approximate a segment transition between segments of the video data, the method comprising the acts of: playing back stored video data, wherein the video data includes information identifying a plurality of positions in the video data that are candidates for segment transitions by quantifying a rate of change in a value of a parameter of the video data at the plurality of positions in the video data, the candidates for segment transitions having been identified based on a comparison of values representing the change of the value of a parameter of the video data at a plurality of positions in the video data; wherein quantifying the rate of change includes: skipping the playback of the video data to a location in the video data designated to approximate a segment transition between segments of the video data, by performing the acts of: