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Video previewing method and apparatus

  • US 6,072,934 A
  • Filed: 10/20/1997
  • Issued: 06/06/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of playing a video comprising the steps of:

  • enabling a previewer to establish content preferences for a viewer;

    selecting possibly unsuitable segments of a video by applying the content preferences to segment information directly defining a plurality of segments of said video;

    showing the selected possibly unsuitable segments to said previewer to enable said previewer to determine the suitability, for said viewer, of each of the selected possibly unsuitable segments without requiring said previewer to view any portion of a non-selected segment of said video; and

    playing, for said viewer and from within said video, a seamless version of said video less in length than the length of said video, the playing being responsive to the segment information and the content preferences as supplemented by the previewer'"'"'s suitability determination with respect to each of the selected possibly unsuitable segments, the playing not requiring an alternate video source.

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