Patent ID: 8736664

Claim:
A video playback method for rendering a series of frames as a moving visual image stream using a display, a first frame of the series of frames sharing a content alignment attribute with a second frame of the series of frames, wherein the content alignment attribute has a different apparent location relative to a visible content of the first frame than it does relative to a visible content of the second frame, the method comprising the steps of: (a) rendering the first frame of the series of frames as a first visual component of the moving visual image stream using the display, said rendering step (a) placing the first frame within a presentation system which positions the content alignment attribute of the first frame at a particular location; and thereafter (b) rendering the second frame of the series of frames later in time using as a subsequent visual component of the moving visual image stream using the display, said rendering step (b) placing the second frame within said presentation system to position the content alignment attribute of the second frame with a predefined relationship to said particular location wherein the second frame is non-aligned with the first frame; wherein said rendering step (b) preserves a portion of any previously rendered content within said presentation system including the first frame; wherein said portion of any previously rendered content is outside a boundary of the second frame; and wherein said portion of any previously rendered content has an associated dwell period, with said portion of any previously rendered content removed from said presentation system after having been rendered in said presentation system for a time responsive to said associated dwell period.