Management of presentation time in a digital media presentation system with variable rate presentation capability
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1. A method for associating time related properties with Temporal Sequence Presentation Data elements in a digital rendering system having a Variable Rate Presentation capability, the method comprising steps of:
- receiving a rate of presentation, and updating a Current Presentation Rate parameter;
organizing the Temporal Sequence Presentation Data elements into buffers;
presenting the buffers for presentation rate modification and rendering;
determining a number of unmodified data elements in each buffer and an Unmodified Rendition Period of each data element, and retaining, as a property of each buffer, an Unmodified Cumulative Rendition Period for the buffer;
determining and retaining as a property of the buffer, a Data Time;
presentation rate modifying the data elements in the buffer and storing them in a modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of a modified buffer, a number of modified data elements in the modified buffer and a Modified Rendition Period of each data element in the modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Modified Cumulative Rendition Period for the modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Modified Presentation Time of the modified buffer; and
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Cumulative Modified Data Element Count associated with a first data element in the modified buffer.
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Abstract
Method for managing Presentation Time in a digital rendering system for presentation of temporally-ordered data when the digital rendering system includes a Variable Rate Presentation capability. In a particular, one embodiment of the present invention is a method for converting Presentation Time to Data Time, and for reporting Presentation Time when only one time can be returned.
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1. A method for associating time related properties with Temporal Sequence Presentation Data elements in a digital rendering system having a Variable Rate Presentation capability, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a rate of presentation, and updating a Current Presentation Rate parameter;
organizing the Temporal Sequence Presentation Data elements into buffers;
presenting the buffers for presentation rate modification and rendering;
determining a number of unmodified data elements in each buffer and an Unmodified Rendition Period of each data element, and retaining, as a property of each buffer, an Unmodified Cumulative Rendition Period for the buffer;
determining and retaining as a property of the buffer, a Data Time;
presentation rate modifying the data elements in the buffer and storing them in a modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of a modified buffer, a number of modified data elements in the modified buffer and a Modified Rendition Period of each data element in the modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Modified Cumulative Rendition Period for the modified buffer;
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Modified Presentation Time of the modified buffer; and
determining and retaining, as a property of the modified buffer, a Cumulative Modified Data Element Count associated with a first data element in the modified buffer.
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