US 2006/0150100 A1 · System for holding a current track during playback of a multi-track media production

Abstract

A “hold” feature on a user operated remote control allows a currently displayed track or view to be maintained while a video presentation is being played. As a user is watching a presentation that uses multiple camera views shown one-at-a-time as in a standard edited cut (i.e., “director's cut”) of a movie, the user can press a button when the user sees a camera view or scene of particular interest. Thereafter, the track associated with the camera view or scene that was showing when the hold button was pressed will continue to be played in place of the presentation. To return to the edited cut the user depresses the hold button again. The held track will continue to play until the user decides to resume presentation of the edited program or until the held track ends. Upon ending, the program track is resumed. While holding a track the user is free to select other available tracks in addition to jumping back to the program track at any time.

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Dependent claims

A method for selecting a video track during playback of a media presentation, wherein the media presentation includes a program track definition for displaying portions of first and second video tracks in a predetermined sequence, the method comprising:

playing back the program track;
accepting a signal from a user-input device to indicate a user selection;
determining whether a portion of the program track playing at the time of accepting the user selection is the first or the second track;
and
playing back the determined track.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for holding a current track during playback of a multi-track media production

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System for holding a current track during playback of a multi-track media production

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