ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,766, issued on May 6, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for slowing down fast-access playback operations" was invented by Samuel Meyer (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing fast-access playback operations are provided. A viewing history is stored that includes a plurality of play positions within a media asset that are associated with user interactions. A user request is received to perform a fast-access playback operation while accessing the media asset. While performing the fast-access playback operation at a first rate, it is determined whether a current ...