公开(公告)号：EP1166269A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-02

申请号：EP00921558.3

申请日：2000-03-30

申请人： Tivo, Inc.

发明人： BROWN, David, A. ,  LOOK, Howard, D. ,  VALLONE, Robert, P. ,  ROBINSON, Kyrie ,  SYDEMAN, Ann ,  BEDARD, Karen

IPC分类号： G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/34

CPC分类号： G11B27/36 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/329 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/455 ,  G11B2220/90 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N2007/17381

摘要： A process for bookmarking a user's position within an audio or video program material comprises the steps of playing, by a processor, a program from a storage device to a user, wherein a plurality of audio and/or video programs are stored on said storage device, receiving user command input, detecting a point where the user exits playing said program, storing said exit point as a bookmark on said storage device, providing a plurality of user profiles on said storage device, accessing the user profile for a particular user from said storage device, retrieving said bookmark for said program, playing said program starting from said bookmark, wherein said storing step stores said bookmark in a user profile, and wherein said retrieving step retrieves bookmarks from a user profile.