Patent ID: 6064794
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for reproducing video programs, comprising the steps of:identifying a digitally encoded set of signals in a storage medium for each one of a plurality of video programs for reproduction of each one of said plurality of programs at a plurality of reproduction speeds;reproducing one of said encoded signals from said store responsive to a program selection and a reproduction speed;responding to a new reproduction speed request by calculating an address for initiating reproduction of a different one of said encoded signals corresponding to said new reproduction speed;modifying said new reproduction speed request according to a user preference that offsets said address for initiating said reproduction of said different one of said encoded signals;reproducing said different one of said encoded signals from said address in said store; and,decoding said reproduced signals for display of said selected program at said selected new reproduction speed,whereby said reproducing of said different one of said encoded signals can be initiated at a different time during playback with respect to said address determined by said calculating step prior to said modifying step.