Patent ID: 8270819
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a picture of a multi-picture video program for display, the method comprising: determining, for each picture of a plurality of pictures in a data stream that represents the program, a cost associated with decoding that picture; determining, based at least in part on a user-specified playback rate, a target picture that is a first specified temporal distance away from a current picture in presentation order; determining a decode cost for the target picture; determining whether the decode cost for the target picture is below a specified threshold; when the decode cost for the target picture is below the specified threshold, then decoding and presenting the target picture; and when the decode cost for the target picture is not below the specified threshold, then performing steps comprising: outputting the particular picture for display; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.