Method and system for precise presentation of audiovisual content with temporary closed captions

A set-top box configured to temporarily display closed captions, the set-top box comprising:

• a communications interface configured to receive a source signal for an audiovisual content that includes at least a video signal and a plurality of closed caption entries, wherein the plurality of closed caption entries is associated with portions of the video signal;
• a memory of the set-top box configured to receive the plurality of closed caption entries;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• send, to a display device interfaced with the set-top box, the audiovisual content comprising at least the video signal and the audio signal;
• receive, via an input device interfaced with the set-top box, an instruction requesting a replay of previously viewed video content with closed captioning for the audiovisual content being sent to the display device;
• send, to the display device interfaced with the electronic device, one or more thumbnail images of the previously viewed video content for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device;
• receive, via the input device interfaced with the electronic device, one of the one or more thumbnail images of the previously viewed video content being selected for replay of the previously viewed video content for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device;
• and
• send, to the display device interfaced with the electronic device, closed captioning with the previously viewed video content starting at a video frame corresponding to the one of the one or more thumbnails of the previously viewed video content selected for replay for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device until a video frame corresponding to a timestamp associated with when the instruction requesting the replay of the previously viewed video content with closed captioning was received by the electronic device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by an electronic device, a source signal for an audiovisual content that includes at least a video signal, an audio signal, and a plurality of closed caption entries, wherein the plurality of closed caption entries is associated with portions of the video signal and the audio signal;
• storing, in a memory of the electronic device, the plurality of closed caption entries;
• sending, to a display device interfaced with the electronic device, the audiovisual content comprising at least the video signal and the audio signal;
• receiving, via an input device interfaced with the electronic device, an instruction requesting a replay of previously viewed video content with closed captioning for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device;
• sending, to the display device interfaced with the electronic device, one or more thumbnail images of the previously viewed video content for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device;
• receiving, via the input device interfaced with the electronic device, one of the one or more thumbnail images of the previously viewed video content being selected for replay of the previously viewed video content for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device;
• and
• sending, to the display device interfaced with the electronic device, closed captioning with the previously viewed video content starting at a video frame corresponding to the one of the one or more thumbnails of the previously viewed video content selected for replay for the audiovisual content currently being sent to the display device until a video frame corresponding to a timestamp associated with when the instruction requesting the replay of the previously viewed video content with closed captioning was received by the electronic device.