# US 2026/0100202 A1 · Variable speed playback

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- Number: US 2026/0100202 A1
- Document ID: US20260100202A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/298,543
- Filed: 2025-08-13
- Published: 2026-04-09
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-29
- Assignees: Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Applicants: Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Inventors: Ross Gilson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260100202A1

## CPC

- G11B 27/005: {Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording (for television signals H04N5/783)}
- H04N 5/783: Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
- H04N 21/2387: Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
- H04N 21/25891: {being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Provided are methods and systems for variable speed playback. In one aspect the disclosure provides for receiving content having a first playback speed, determining a second playback speed for at least a portion of the content based on a playback factor, associating the second playback speed with the portion of the content, and providing at least the portion of the content at the second playback speed to a display device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving content comprising a first playback speed;
determining a second playback speed for at least a portion of the content based on at least one playback factor;
associating the second playback speed with the portion of the content; and
providing at least the portion of the content at the second playback speed to a display device.