Patent ID: 7669128
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing a viewer's experience of a video program, comprising: providing a plurality of selectable alternative video program scenes for a video program being viewed on a display, the selectable alternative video program scenes being pre-rendered video scenes that are displayed on a portion of the display as a plurality of selectable elements in a multiple column by multiple row navigation grid, the navigation grid formatted so that each row represents a sub-chapter of the plurality of selectable elements that are common to all columns and each column represents a chapter having designated sub-chapters therein that are tied to the respective chapter; prompting a user to select one or more of the plurality of selectable elements in the navigation grid; storing the user selections from the navigation grid as a digital scene selection file; and loading the digital scene selection file to replay the video program as modified with the one or more video program scenes corresponding to the one or more selectable elements selected from the navigation grid on the display.