Patent ID: 8861935

Claim:
A method comprising: maintaining, by a media content processing system, data representative of a recorded media content program in a data storage facility; accessing, by the media content processing system, program highlights data for the recorded media content program, the program highlights data specifying a set of one or more select segments of the recorded media content program, wherein the set of one or more select segments of the recorded media content program is defined by a first user of an end-user media content processing device and represented in a table of index data, the table of index data including a start index value defined by the first user for each of the one or more select segments of the recorded media content program and a duration index value for each of the one or more select segments of the recorded media content program; and utilizing, by the media content processing system, the program highlights data to access and play back the set of one or more select segments of the recorded media content program represented in the table of index data for experiencing by an end user; wherein the end user has control of selection and playback of the set of one or more select segments of the recorded media content program.