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Navigating to a particular program or specific time increment in a personal video recorder

A video recorder, technology for recording time, applied in the field of user interface of personal video recorder

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-21
THOMSON LICENSING SA
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After one use, the user can often only revert to rewinding or fast-forwarding the multimedia presentation in order to watch a particular segment again

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[0011] figure 1 is a block diagram of a personal video recorder (PVR) 100 containing means for navigating to a particular program or a particular time increment in the video buffer. Personal video recorder 100 may include digital signal processor (DSP) 102 , key and display panel 120 , tuner 140 , A / V input selector 138 , USB input 146 , storage device 148 and program information module 150 . Additionally, PVR 100 may also include first and second infrared (IR) links 130 and 132, video overlay decoder 152, video switch 160, headphone jack 134, standard A / V component connector assembly 170, Y Pb Pr component connector part 180, Sony / Phillips digital interface (SPDIF) connector part 190.

[0012] Component connector assemblies 170, 180 and 190 are capable of providing audio / video signals in various output formats. For example, standard A / V component connector block 170 may include: S-video connector 172 for outputting video display signals that have been separated into chromin...

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Abstract

A method and a system for accessing recorded video programming, which can be displayed while the programming is being recorded to a storage medium ( 148 ). Program information can be automatically stored in a memory location. The program information can be determined by accessing an on-line program guide and monitoring a user video channel selection. The program information can include a program identifier ( 315 ) and a recording time ( 310 ). At least a portion of the program information can be displayed in a time-line ( 300 ) and sub-divided into a plurality of time increments ( 320, 325, 330 ). Responsive to a user input, playback of a portion of the programming corresponding to a user selection can begin. The user selection can be a selected portion of the program information that has been marked by the user. The user selection also can be identified by a recording time, which can include a start time and a stop time.

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technical field [0001] This invention relates to the field of digital video recording, and more particularly, to user interfaces for personal video recorders. Background technique [0002] Modern PVRs allow users to view broadcast multimedia presentations at a time lag while the broadcast is still going on. After starting to record the broadcast multimedia presentation on the storage medium, the user can start playback of the recorded portion of the multimedia presentation. If the user chooses, he can pause the playback of the multimedia presentation while still recording the remainder of the multimedia presentation from the broadcast. The user is then able to replay the multimedia presentation from where it was paused. [0003] Some personal video recorders incorporate trick mode playback that enables a user to fast-forward or rewind a recorded multimedia presentation. However, these systems do not provide easy access to specific portions of a presentation because users ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/91G11B27/00G11B27/34H04N5/76H04N5/765H04N5/77H04N5/775H04N5/781H04N5/85H04N5/907H04N9/804
CPCH04N5/85H04N21/44222H04N21/47217H04N5/781H04N21/4147H04N5/775H04N9/8042H04N5/77H04N5/765H04N21/4334H04N21/482H04N21/488H04N5/907H04N5/44543H04N5/76H04N21/47H04N5/783
Inventor 马克·G·米尔斯卡罗琳·R·约翰逊
Owner THOMSON LICENSING SA