METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIBLY INDICATING WHEN A PREDETERMINED LOCATION HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN STORED DATA

摘要

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus (200) for audiblyindicating when a predetermined location has beenencountered in stored data (400). A predetermined location is first identifiedin the stored data (400). An audible indicator or promptassociated with the predetermined location is then generated when apredetermined location is encountered. The audible prompt indicates avariety of information, including end of all audio, beginning of a program(410), end of a program (410), and begining of a section (408).Users may also add their own temporary pointers or bookmarks (1, 2) in orderto resume at a later time.