Patent ID: 7797720

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor; memory; a downstream component configured to present multimedia media streams to a user in response to user input; an upstream component configured to: stream a first media stream from a first media file to the downstream component, the first media stream being received by the downstream component for presentation to the user at a first playback rate; and, upon request for a faster playback rate, switch from the first media stream to a rate-appropriate point in a second media stream from a second media file configured for presentation at the faster playback rate, wherein a presentation time of the second media stream is modified, chronologically corresponding the presentation time of the second media stream to a presentation time of the first media stream, such that the downstream component and the user are unaware of the existence of more than one media stream, and wherein the second media file is streamed by the upstream component at a same bit rate to the first media file, and wherein the second media file is read by the downstream component at a same bit rate to the first media file.