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A retrieval of programs, segments from a program, and/or segments from a plurality of programs comprising enabling a user to establish content preferences by means of at least one keyword; retrieving from a plurality of previously produced programs each having at least one program segment whose cont

A retrieval of programs, segments from a program, and/or segments from a plurality of programs comprising enabling a user to establish content preferences by means of at least one keyword; retrieving from a plurality of previously produced programs each having at least one program segment whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords, and responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences, at least one program segment retrieved from each of at least two previously produced programs, and/or retrieving a continuous version of, and from within, a previously produced program, the continuous version skipping over at least one program segment which is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords. Wherein the retrieving is from a remote program provider, the system and method further comprising communicating the content preferences to the remote program provider. In an embodiment, the remoteprogram provider merges a user interface with the program segments retrieved from each of at least two previously edited programs; and a program segment, defined responsive to at least one of a plurality of keywords, is a parallel segment.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of retrieving program segments comprising the steps of:enabling a user to establish content preferences;communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each havi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of retrieving program segments comprising the steps of:enabling a user to establish content preferences;communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords; andreceiving from said program provider a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences, said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.