Patent ID: 6230172
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium useful in association with a client computer having a display device, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:receiving a video stream from a stream server coupled to the client computer via a computer network, said video stream including a plurality of video frames, each said video frame including a time stamp;sequentially displaying said video frames on said display device, starting from an initial video frame of said video stream;selecting a content label from a table of contents displayed on said display device, said content label providing an index into an intermediate video frame of said video stream, said index based on the time stamp of said intermediate video frame;communicating said index to said stream server;receiving said video stream from said stream server, starting from said intermediate video frame; andsequentially displaying said video frames on said display device, starting with said intermediate video frame.