Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts
AssigneeEnounde Incorporated
InventorDonald J. Hejna, Jr.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for presentation of information received from a broadcaster which comprises the steps of: (a) receiving broadcast information; (b) receiving guidance information relating to presentation of the broadcast information; (c) analyzing the guidance information to determine a presentation rate; and (d) presenting the information at the presentation rate.
Claims34
A method for broadcasting information to a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method comprises steps of:
- broadcasting information;
- and
- broadcasting guidance information used to determine presentation rates for use by the client device in presentation of the information.
A method for presentation of information received from a broadcaster by a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method comprises steps of:
- receiving broadcast information;
- receiving guidance information relating to presentation of the broadcast information;
- analyzing the guidance information to determine a presentation rate;
- and
- presenting the information at the presentation rate.
An apparatus which presents information received from a broadcaster, which apparatus utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which apparatus comprises:
- a receiver of the broadcast information and guidance information relating to presentation of the broadcast information;
- a rate determiner that analyzes the guidance information to determine a presentation rate;
- and
- a presentation apparatus that, in response to the broadcast information and the presentation rate, presents the information.
A method for broadcasting information to a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method comprises steps of:
- broadcasting information having a first presentation rate;
- and
- broadcasting guidance information used to determine a second presentation rate for use by the client device in presentation of the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.