METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING A MEDIA PROGRAM AND AN ARBITRARILY CHOSEN SEEK PREVIEW FRAME

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APP PUB NO 20100303440A1
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12472953

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A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for playing a media program and providing a preview frame of the media program in response to a seek command is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a seek command in the user computer; generating a seek request from the seek command, the seek request including information identifying an arbitrarily chosen seek preview media program frame associated with the media program; retrieving the arbitrarily chosen seek preview media program frame; and rendering the received arbitrarily chosen seek preview media program frame in the playback component of the MPP.

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HULU LLC2500 BROADWAY SUITE 200 SANTA MONICA CA 90404

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Bear, Daniel Honig Santa Monica, US 7 122
Lin, Andrew Cheng-min Los Angeles, US 69 1208
Reeves, Charles Barclay Los Angeles, US 2 71
Wong, Robert Masao Santa Monica, US 6 143

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