Patent ID: 6172712
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus that receives video signals corresponding to a television program from a video source for display on a television screen, the apparatus comprising:a disk drive;a video processing system that stores a sequential representation of the television program on the disk drive as the video signals are received from the video source;the video processing system begins retrieving the sequential representation of at least portions of the television program, for playback of the at least portions of the television program on the television screen, from a location in the sequential representation of the television program stored on the disk drive while the video processing system continues to store on the disk drive the sequential representation of the television program received from the video source;a viewer interface communicatively coupled to the video processing system; andthe video processing system responds to the viewer interface by repositioning the location in the sequential representation of the television program to correspondingly reposition the playback of the television program on the television screen while the video processing system continues to store on the disk drive the sequential representation of the television program received from the video source.