Patent ID: 6091886
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A63F,G06F,G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:time restricting means for establishing a restriction with respect to a time that video programs may be played;preferencing means for preestablishing a content preference for a level of explicitness in each of a plurality of video content categories, the preestablishing permitting the application of the content preference in a playing of a plurality of video programs;selecting means for selecting, responsive to the time restriction, segments of a video program by applying the content preference to segment information directly defining at least one segment within the video program, the defining being responsive to a level of explicitness in each of the plurality of video content categories; andplaying means for playing, without requiring an alternate source of video, the selected segments as a seamless version of, from within, and less in length than the length of, the video program, the playing comprising buffering sufficient video information to enable a random accessing to seamlessly skip over at least one non-selected segment included within the video program.