Replaying a video segment with changed audio

• US 7,430,360 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2002
• Issued: 09/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CustomPlay, LLC
• Original Assignee: Nissim Corp.
• Inventors: Abecassis, Max
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chowdhury; Nigar
• Application Number:
  US10/074,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20020097984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,423 Days
• Field of Search: 386 68- 70, 386/81, 386 95- 96, 386125-126, 386/1, 386 45- 46
• US Class Current: 386/343
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 : between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 : between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/52 : Systems for transmission of a pulse code modulated video signal with one or more other pulse code modulated signals, e.g. an audio signal or a synchronizing signal assembling of a multiplex stream by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, remultiplexing of multiplex streams, insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, assembling of a packetised elementary stream at server side H04N21/236; disassembling of a multiplex stream, remultiplexing of multiplex streams, extraction or processing of Service Information, disassembling of packetised elementary stream at client side H04N21/434

Abstract

A method of, and a system capable of, replaying a portion of a video, the method comprising the steps of, and the system comprising the means for: receiving, during a playing of a video, a replay request to replay a portion of the video; skipping, responsive to the replay request and a preestablished replay preference, the video to a replay position; changing, responsive to the replay request, an audio of the video; playing, responsive to the replay request and to the replay position, the video and the changed audio; and discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio; changing the audio of the video, comprising, for example, increasing the audio volume, increasing the dialog audio volume, increasing the dialog audio volume relatively to a background audio volume, utilizing an alternative dialog audio language, and/or utilizing a commentary audio.

Claims

1. A method of replaying a portion of a video comprising the steps of:

receiving, during a playing of a video, a request to replay a portion of the video, the portion of the video being responsive to a preestablished amount of time;

changing, responsive to the replay request and to a preestablished audio preference, an audio of the video;

playing, responsive to the replay request, the portion of the video and the changed audio; and

discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the changed audio is selected from the group consisting of the audio at an increased volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume relatively to a background audio volume, and the audio utilizing an alternative dialog audio language;

and wherein the portion of the video is cumulative responsive to a successive replay request.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the changed audio is selected from the group consisting of the audio at an increased volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume relatively to a background audio volume, and the audio utilizing an alternative dialog audio language.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the portion of the video is also responsive to information defining segments of the video.

5. A method of replaying a portion of a video comprising the steps of:

receiving, during a playing of a video, a request to replay a portion of the video, the portion of the video being responsive to a preestablished amount of time;

changing, responsive to the replay request and to a preestablished audio preference, an audio of the video;

enabling, responsive to the replay request, a playing of subtitles;

playing, responsive to the replay request, the portion of the video, the changed audio, and the subtitles; and

discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the subtitles are in a different language than the language of the audio.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the portion of the video is also responsive to information defining segments of the video.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the changed audio comprises changing the audio language.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein the changed audio comprises increasing a dialog audio volume relatively to a background audio volume.

10. A system capable of replaying a portion of a video comprising:

a user interface means for receiving, during a playing of a video, a request to replay a portion of the video, the portion of the video being responsive to a preestablished amount of time; and

a processing means for changing, responsive to the replay request and to a preestablished audio preference, an audio of the video;

playing, responsive to the replay request, the portion of the video and the changed audio; and

discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the changed audio is selected from the group consisting of the audio at an increased volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume, the audio with an increased dialog audio volume relatively to a background audio volume, and the audio utilizing an alternative dialog audio language.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein, responsive to the replay request, a playing of subtitles is enabled for playing the subtitles responsive to the replay request and the subtitles.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the portion of the video is also responsive to information defining segments of the video.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the portion of the video is cumulative responsive to a successive replay request.

15. A method of replaying a portion of a video comprising the steps of:

receiving, during a playing of a video, a request to replay a portion of the video, the portion of the video being responsive to a preestablished amount of time;

changing, responsive to the replay request and to a preestablished audio preference, an audio of the video, the changing comprising utilizing a commentary audio;

playing, responsive to the replay request, the portion of the video and the changed audio; and

discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the portion of the video is responsive to information defining segments of the video.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein, responsive to the replay request, a playing of subtitles is enabled for in the subtitles responsive to the replay request.

18. A system capable of replaying a portion of a video comprising:

a user interface means for receiving, during a playing of a video, a request to replay a portion of the video, the portion of the video being responsive to a preestablished amount of time; and

a processing means for changing, responsive to the replay request and to a preestablished audio preference, an audio of the video, the changing comprising utilizing a commentary audio;

playing, responsive to the replay request, the portion of the video and the changed audio; and

discontinuing, responsive to the replay request, the playing of the changed audio.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the portion of the video is responsive to information defining segments of the video.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the portion of the video is cumulative responsive to a successive replay request.