Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic commercial playback system
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Application No.: US15371561Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US09826274B2Publication Date: 2017-11-21
- Inventor: Kirk D. Wong
- Applicant: TiVo Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Carlos
- Assignee: Tivo Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tivo Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Carlos
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/76
- IPC: H04N5/76 ; H04N21/472 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04N21/4147 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/845 ; H04N21/858 ; G11B27/30 ; G11B27/00 ; H04N21/488

Abstract:
While a multimedia device is fast-forwarding content, the multimedia device reads “jump back” tags expressed in or derived from a closed-caption stream. When the multimedia device detects the presence of a “jump back” tag while fast-forwarding, the multimedia device enters a special state. While in this special state, if the multimedia device detects that the user has instructed the multimedia device to stop fast-forwarding, the multimedia device locates a specified temporal location in a recorded commercial break. This specified temporal location may be specified by the particular tag, for example. The multimedia device stops performing whatever activity in which the multimedia device was engaged, “jumps back” to the specified temporal location in the recorded commercial break, and resumes playing the recorded content stream at normal speed from the specified temporal location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170085957A1 AUTOMATIC COMMERCIAL PLAYBACK SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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