Multimedia content is streamed over a network system from a server computer to a client computer. The client allows a user to enter a variable playback speed and varies the speed at which the multimedia content is rendered at the client. Time-scale modification technology is used to maintain the original...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6622171?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6622171 - Multimedia timeline modification in networked client/server systems
