Method and apparatus for a playback enhancement system implementing a "Say Again" feature

• US 20020194608A1
• Filed: 04/25/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Enounce Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Enounce Incorporated
• Inventors: Goldhor, Richard S.
• Application Number:
  US10/133,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20020194608A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/91
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4392 involving audio buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention is a method for playing a portion of a media work which includes steps of: (a) playing the media work; (b) receiving input from a user; and (c) analyzing parameters to determine the portion of the media work to play; (d) altering at least a part of the portion; and (e) playing the portion.

Claims

1. A method for replaying a portion of a media work which comprises steps of:

playing the media work;

receiving input from a user to replay;

analyzing parameters to determine the portion of the media work to replay;

altering at least a part of the portion; and

replaying the portion.