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Abstract

A system capable of, and a method of, transmitting video, the system comprising a storage and communications for, and the method comprising the steps of, storing a plurality of video programs; receiving a video program request from a remote player; and transmitting, responsive to said video program request, a video program to said remote player, the transmitted video program comprising a video including within a set of parallel video segments that provide for at least two versions of a scene, segment information directly defining a plurality of video segments within the video, and a user interface particular to the video program for enabling a user to establish a content preference; said remote player comprising at least one processor utilized to process video, a randomly accessible storage, and a control program for playing, responsive to an application of a user established content preference to said segment information, and by means of a random accessing and a buffering, a seamless version of, and from within, said video; whereby said playing seamlessly skips over at least a portion of at least one parallel video segment included within said video, does not require a user of said video program to create the segment information, and does not require an alternative video source.

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First Claim