Patent ID: 7836473

Claim:
A method for presenting audio/video information, the method comprising: presenting the audio/video information using a first processing mechanism; receiving, while presenting the audio/video information using the first processing mechanism, a user-submitted command, the command activated by operation of a mark button on a remote control associated with the first processing mechanism; adding, in response to the user-submitted command, a mark that is associated with the audio/video information, using a marking mechanism of the first processing mechanism; transferring the audio/video information from the first processing mechanism to a second processing mechanism, the second processing mechanism being physically distinct from the first processing mechanism; displaying a visual indicator of the mark at the second processing mechanism, the displaying comprising: displaying, within a thumbnail display region, a thumbnail image of a frame of the audio/video information presented using the first processing system, the frame taken from the audio/video information being displayed at a point in time that the mark was created, the thumbnail image accompanied, upon selection, by a text legend indicating time remaining on a fixed period of time, after which the thumbnail image will be removed; displaying, in a larger region, a larger sized version of a thumbnail image selected from among thumbnail images in the thumbnail display region; removing the thumbnail image from the thumbnail display region at conclusion of the fixed period of time; and displaying an access point to allow access to thumbnail images removed after the fixed period of time; and presenting the audio/video information using the second processing mechanism based on the mark added using the first processing mechanism, the presenting in response to operation of a mark button on a remote control associated with the second processing mechanism.