Patent ID: 8331772

Claim:
A method including: receiving content from over a network at a receiving device, the content including a plurality of content segments, the plurality of content segments including a first and second content segment, the first content segment including metadata, the plurality of content segments further including a third content segment including metadata including position information including a fast forward block, the fast forward block preventing fast forwarding through the third content segment; rendering the first content segment to an output device at an accelerated speed for the first content segment; receiving a request to play the first content segment from the beginning of the first content segment at a normal speed for the first content segment; automatically positioning to the beginning of the first content segment based on position information that is included in the metadata of the first content segment that was received from over the network at the receiving device; rendering the first content segment to the output device from the beginning of the first content segment at a normal speed for the first content segment; and rendering the second content segment to the output device at an accelerated speed for the second content segment responsive to identifying the end of the first content segment.