Devices for presenting video program segments in accordance with definition documents

A user device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• loading a definition document that was created by a subscriber and that identifies a video file, wherein the definition document specifies a plurality of segments of the video file for presentation, the video file having video content and audio content, wherein the definition document includes a segment record for each segment of the plurality of segments, each segment record comprising a start time, an end time, and a segment type, wherein the segment type includes at least one of:
• a video segment type, an audio segment type, or a both audio and video segment type, wherein the audio segment type specifies that a video portion of the video content of a segment of the plurality of segments is to be presented with suppression, the video segment type specifies that an audio portion of the audio content of a segment of the plurality of segments is to be presented with suppression, and the both audio and video segment type specifies that the video portion of the video content and the audio portion of the audio content of a segment of the plurality of segments are both to be presented without suppression;
• obtaining the video file;
• presenting a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video file in accordance with the definition document, wherein the first segment is presented without suppression of a corresponding video portion of the first segment or a corresponding audio portion of the first segment;
• and
• presenting a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video file in accordance with the definition document, wherein the second segment is presented with suppression of a corresponding video portion of the second segment or suppression of a corresponding audio portion of the second segment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a user device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• loading a definition document that was created by a subscriber and that identifies a video file, wherein the definition document specifies a plurality of segments of the video file for presentation, the video file having video content and audio content, wherein the definition document includes a segment record for each segment of the plurality of segments, each segment record comprising a start time, an end time, and a segment type, wherein the segment type includes at least one of:
• a video segment type, an audio segment type, or a both audio and video segment type, wherein the audio segment type specifies that a video portion of the video content of a segment of the plurality of segments is to be presented with suppression, the video segment type specifies that an audio portion of the audio content of a segment of the plurality of segments is to be presented with suppression, and the both audio and video segment type specifies that the video portion of the video content and the audio portion of the audio content of a segment of the plurality of segments are both to be presented without suppression;
• obtaining the video file;
• presenting a first segment of the plurality of segments of the video file in accordance with the definition document, wherein the first segment is presented without suppression of a corresponding video portion of the first segment or a corresponding audio portion of the first segment;
• and
• presenting a second segment of the plurality of segments of the video file in accordance with the definition document, wherein the second segment is presented with suppression of a corresponding video portion of the second segment or suppression of a corresponding audio portion of the second segment.