Patent ID: 6993786
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting, at a client terminal, a multimedia program stored on a server wherein the multimedia program includes a video object, each frame of the video object comprising a basic data portion and at least one level of detailed data portions, the method comprising the steps of: in response to one of play control commands from a user, determining a time count in said multimedia program according to one of said play control commands, said play control commands including a play, a stop, a head search, a jump forward and a jump backward command; in response to one of said head search, said jump forward and said jump backward commands issued during a stop period, determining whether there is a video object to be displayed at said time count in said multimedia program; and in the event there is said video object to be displayed at said time count in said multimedia program, obtaining said at least one level of quality supplement data portions for a first frame to be displayed in the next play operation for displaying a quality-enhanced version of said first frame to be displayed.