Commercial identification system

• US 20040045020A1
• Filed: 08/29/2002
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey Michael Witt, Steve Ferber
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Michael Witt, Steve Ferber
• Inventors: Witt, Jeffrey Michael, Ferber, Steve
• Application Number:
  US10/233,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20040045020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/13
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A system for the identification of commercials within a video.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a segment of a video comprising:

(a) identification of a first event with a first recording device for said video, wherein said first event is characterized by presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal;

(b) identification of a second event with a second recording device for said video, wherein said second event is characterized by presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal;

(c) processing said first event and said second event to identify a third event of said video; and

(d) identification of said third event within said video with a third recording device for said video.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal is as a result of fast forwarding said video.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal is as a result of skipping a portion of said video.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said first event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said second event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said third event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said processing of said first event and said second event is performed by a server.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said first event together with information regarding said video and said second event together with information regarding said video is provided to said server.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said third event is provided by said server to said third recording device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein a third device presenting said video is free from presenting a portion of said video based upon said identification of said third event.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said third event is a commercial.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said first recording device, said second recording device, and said third recording device are remotely located from one another.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said processing is performed by a server.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said processing is performed by another said recording device.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said identification of said third event is further characterized by identifying a black frame of said video.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said identification of said third event is further characterized by identifying a scene change of said video.

17. A system for identifying a segment of a video comprising:

(a) a processing system receiving an identification of a first event from a first recording device for said video, wherein said first event is characterized by presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal;

(b) said processing system receiving an identification of a second event from a second recording device for said video, wherein said second event is characterized by presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal;

(c) said processing system processing said first event and said second event to identify a third event of said video; and

(d) said processing device providing data to a third recording device indicating said third event within said video.

18. The system method of claim 17 wherein said presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal is as a result of fast forwarding said video.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein said presenting a portion of a video in less time than normal is as a result of skipping a portion of said video.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein said first event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein said second event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein said third event includes at least a portion of a commercial.

23. The system of claim 17 wherein said processing of said first event and said second event is performed by a server.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein said first event together with information regarding said video and said second event together with information regarding said video is provided to said server.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein said third event is provided by said server to said third recording device.

26. The system of claim 17 wherein a third device presenting said video is free from presenting a portion of said video based upon said identification of said third event.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein said third event is a commercial.

28. The system of claim 17 wherein said first recording device, said second recording device, and said third recording device are remotely located from one another.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein said processing is performed by a server.

30. The system of claim 28 wherein said processing is performed by another said recording device.

31. The system of claim 17 wherein said identification of said third event is further characterized by identifying a black frame of said video.

32. The system of claim 17 wherein said identification of said third event is further characterized by identifying a scene change of said video.

33. A method for identifying a segment of a video comprising:

(a) identification of a first event with a first device for said video, wherein said first event is characterized by a commercial segment;

(b) identification of a second event with a second device for said video, wherein said second event is characterized by a commercial segment;

(c) processing said first event and said second event to identify a third event of said video; and

(d) identification of said third event within said video with a third device for said video.