Patent ID: 7900233
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A process for displaying video programs on demand at the request of a user in a network system, said network system providing a plurality of near video on-demand (“NVOD”) programs, each of said NVOD programs being started with a respective predetermined periodicity, said process comprising: recording in advance a beginning sequence of each NVOD program from said network system, during a period of time at least equal to the corresponding time period of periodicity; testing for a new NVOD program being broadcast, and initiating recording of a beginning sequence of the new NVOD program; selecting a NVOD program from a menu; displaying the beginning sequence of the selected NVOD program and while displaying the beginning sequence, recording a following sequence that follows the beginning sequence of said selected program from the NVOD network so that said following sequence of said selected program gets stored before the user reaches it; displaying said following sequence in a continuation or partial overlap of said beginning sequence of the selected program; and if needed, recording and then displaying subsequent following sequences of said selected program until the end of said selected program.