Digital video apparatus user interface
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a system for processing stored information on a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
- (A) playing back stored information during a play mode of operation;
(B) providing to a user, during play mode of operation, an opportunity to select a bookmark, representing a corresponding location at any point within the stored information, from among a plurality of bookmarks responsive to user input; and
(C) changing to playing back the stored information from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark during the play mode of operation, wherein (B) includesdetermining a maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks which is associated with the storage medium;
generating an on-screen menu displaying the maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks available and the actually available ones of the plurality of bookmarks associated with the storage medium, the menu allowing the user to perform one of;
(a) set a new bookmark;
(b) select a bookmark and clearing the selected bookmark,(c) select a bookmark and play back the stored information from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark, and(d) undo a previously performed operationwhile continuing to watch program information playback in a background portion of the video display.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a system for processing stored information on a storage medium includes the following steps. Stored information is played back during a play mode of operation. A user is provided an opportunity to select a bookmark representing a corresponding location within the stored information, from among a plurality of bookmarks, responsive to user input. Playback is changed to from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark during the play mode of operation. Apparatus for processing information stored on a storage medium includes playback circuitry for retrieving information from the storage medium during a play mode of operation. A user control device receives user input. Control circuitry selects a bookmark, corresponding to a location in the retrieved information from the storage medium, in response to the user input, and conditions the playback circuitry to retrieve information from the storage medium starting at the location corresponding to the selected one of a plurality of bookmarks during the play mode of operation.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a system for processing stored information on a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
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(A) playing back stored information during a play mode of operation; (B) providing to a user, during play mode of operation, an opportunity to select a bookmark, representing a corresponding location at any point within the stored information, from among a plurality of bookmarks responsive to user input; and (C) changing to playing back the stored information from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark during the play mode of operation, wherein (B) includes determining a maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks which is associated with the storage medium; generating an on-screen menu displaying the maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks available and the actually available ones of the plurality of bookmarks associated with the storage medium, the menu allowing the user to perform one of; (a) set a new bookmark; (b) select a bookmark and clearing the selected bookmark, (c) select a bookmark and play back the stored information from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark, and (d) undo a previously performed operation while continuing to watch program information playback in a background portion of the video display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for processing information stored on a storage medium, comprising:
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a data processing unit for accessing and processing information stored on the storage medium during the play mode of operation of the apparatus; a user control device for receiving user input; an on-screen display device for generating on-screen displays; and a controller, coupled to the data processing unit, the user control device, and the on-screen display device, for activating the play mode of operation, and providing to a user during the play mode of operation an opportunity to access previously stored bookmarks, each bookmark representing a corresponding location at any point within the stored information, wherein the controller determines a maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks which is associated with the storage medium, and which of the maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks are actually available for the storage medium, and the on-screen display unit generates an on-screen menu displaying the maximum number of the plurality of bookmarks available and the actually available ones of the plurality of bookmarks associated with the storage medium, the menu allowing the user to perform one of; (a) set a new bookmark; (b) select a bookmark and clearing the selected bookmark, (c) select a bookmark and playing back the stored information from the location corresponding to the selected bookmark, and (d) allow the user to undo a previously performed operation while continuing to watch the information playback in a background portion of a video display.
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