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Multimedia visual progress indication system

  • US 10,181,338 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2017
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for visually communicating record or playback progress of audio or video program material, the method comprising:

  • storing, in a cache, an available amount of program material through which a user is able to navigate and play back;

    retrieving, from the cache, data indicating the available amount of program material through which the user is able to navigate and play back;

    generating for display, based on the data, a cache bar that indicates the available amount of program material through which the user is able to navigate and play back;

    retrieving, from the cache, a current playback position within the program material;

    generating for display, based on the current playback position within the program material, a position indicator superimposed on the cache bar; and

    in response to a user input, moving the position indicator within boundaries of the cache bar to indicate a current playback position within the program material.

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