METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING AN AUDIO/VIDEO STREAM INTO MULTIPLE SEGMENTS USING TEXT DATA
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1. A method for presenting a recorded audio/video stream, the method comprising:
- recording an audio/video stream that includes associated closed captioning data;
receiving autonomous location information referencing the closed captioning data to identify at least one video location within the audio/video stream;
processing the closed captioning data to identify the at least one video location;
identifying boundaries of multiple segments of the audio/video stream based on the at least one video location;
receiving user input requesting to view at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream; and
outputting the at least one of the segments for presentation on a presentation device.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for identifying multiple segments of content in a recorded audio/video stream. Thus, an audio/video stream may be segmented into various logical chapters, scenes or other sections and the like. The segments of the audio/video stream may then be selectably viewed by a user. A DVR presents the selected segments and automatically skips over the undesignated segment of the audio/video stream.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a recorded audio/video stream, the method comprising:
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recording an audio/video stream that includes associated closed captioning data; receiving autonomous location information referencing the closed captioning data to identify at least one video location within the audio/video stream; processing the closed captioning data to identify the at least one video location; identifying boundaries of multiple segments of the audio/video stream based on the at least one video location; receiving user input requesting to view at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream; and outputting the at least one of the segments for presentation on a presentation device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for presenting a recorded audio/video stream, the method comprising:
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recording an audio/video stream including a plurality of segments and associated closed captioning data; receiving autonomous location information referencing the closed captioning data to identify at least one video location within the audio/video stream, the video location associated with at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream that a receiving device is restricted from temporally moving through at a non-real time presentation rate; processing the closed captioning data to identify the at least one video location; identifying boundaries of the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream based on the at least one video location; receiving user input requesting to temporally move through the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream at the non-real time presentation rate; and outputting the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream at a real-time presentation rate of the audio/video stream responsive to the user input. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A receiving device comprising:
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a communication interface that receives an audio/video stream including associated closed captioning data; a storage unit that stores the audio/video stream; control logic that; receives autonomous location information separately from the audio/video stream, the autonomous location information referencing the closed captioning data to identify at least one video location within the audio/video stream; processes the closed captioning data to identify the at least one video location; identifies boundaries of multiple segments of the audio/video stream based on the at least one video location; receives user input requesting to view at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream; and an audio/video interface that outputs the at least one of the segments for presentation on a presentation device responsive to the user input. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A receiving device comprising:
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a communication interface that receives an audio/video stream including a plurality of segments and associated closed captioning data; a storage unit that stores the audio/video stream; control logic that; receives autonomous location information referencing the closed captioning data to identify at least one video location within the audio/video stream, the video location associated with at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream that a user is restricted from temporally moving through at a non-real time presentation rate; processes the closed captioning data to identify the at least one video location; identifies boundaries of the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream based on the at least one video location; receives user input requesting to temporally move through the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream at the non-real time presentation rate; and an audio/video interface that outputs the at least one of the segments of the audio/video stream at a real-time presentation rate of the audio/video stream. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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