Patent ID: 6208805
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus capable of playing an optical disc storing (1) a video program including within a plurality of video segments for variably playing a scene of the video program; (2) segment information directly defining a plurality of video segments; and (3) at least one segment code for preventing a control function from interfering with a playing of a video segment; said apparatus comprising processing, random accessing, and buffering means, and:means responsive to the segment code for preventing a control function of the apparatus from interfering with a playing of at least one video segment;means responsive to the segment information for selecting video segments from within the video program; andmeans for playing the selected video segments as a seamless version of, and from within the video program, the playing comprising a video buffering for seamlessly skipping over non-selected video segments included within the video program.