Patent ID: 7885519

Claim:
An audio/video device with a replay function comprising a stream source ( 101 ) providing a replayable audio/video data stream; a user interface ( 108 ) for inputting stream play requests; a stream processor ( 102 ) coupled to the stream source and to the user interface providing stream play status and processing the stream according to the stream play requests; a tag memory ( 106 ); a microphone ( 103 ) receiving ambient sound; an ambient sound analyzer ( 104 ) coupled to the microphone ( 103 ) and detecting disturbing events; a tag manager ( 105 ) coupled to the ambient sound analyzer ( 104 ), the stream processor ( 102 ) and to the tag memory ( 106 ), wherein the tag manager upon detecting the disturbing event generates a disturbing event tag according to stream play status and stores the disturbing event tag in the tag memory ( 106 ); and a replay manager ( 107 ) coupled to the tag memory ( 106 ) and the stream processor ( 102 ) and handling the stream replay requests by directing a replay of the replayable audio/video data stream from a point associated with the disturbing event tag.