Patent ID: 8438602
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for browsing between a plurality of media clips each comprising motion video presented to a viewer using a media player device, wherein the plurality of media clips comprises a first media clip and a second media clip, the method comprising: displaying the first media clip in a first viewing context on the media player device, wherein the first media clip is stored in a first time shift buffer; during playback of the first one of the plurality of media clips from the first time shift buffer, providing an indicator corresponding to a second one of the plurality of media clips on the media player device; in response to the viewer selecting the indicator, suspending the playback of the first one of the plurality of media clips from the first time shift buffer, storing context information describing the first viewing context on the media player device, and subsequently replacing the first viewing context with a second viewing context that plays back the second media clip on the media player device from a second time shift buffer that is separate from the first time shift buffer; and in response to a subsequent input from the viewer during the playback of the second video clip in the second video context, retrieving the stored context information describing the first viewing context, restoring the first time shift buffer containing the first media clip on the media player device from the stored context information, and continuing playback of the first one of the plurality of media clips in the first viewing context on the media player device from the first time shift buffer to thereby allow the viewer to sequentially browse between playback of the first media clip from the first time shift buffer and playback of the second media clip from the second time shift buffer on the media player device.