Thematic grouping of program segments
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1. A system to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the system comprising:
- a program having more than two program segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata; and
a search module to search through each of the program segments using the associated metadata to group together the program segments that have a searched-for theme.
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Abstract
Program segments are grouped by theme. A program includes different program segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata. The program is queried to determine whether the program segments include a particular theme. Each of the program segments that have the particular theme are grouped together.
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22 Claims
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1. A system to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the system comprising:
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a program having more than two program segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata; and
a search module to search through each of the program segments using the associated metadata to group together the program segments that have a searched-for theme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the system comprising:
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a database including a program having two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata; and
a search module to search through each of the program segments using the associated metadata and to group together the program segments that have a searched-for theme. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the method comprising:
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querying a program having two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata, wherein the query is to determine whether the two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments include a particular theme; and
grouping together each of the program segments that have the particular theme in a playback mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the system comprising:
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first means for querying a program having two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata, wherein the query is to search whether the two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments include a particular theme; and
second means for grouping together each of the program segments that have the particular theme in a playback mode. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions to group digital video recording program segments by theme, the sequences of instructions, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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query a program having two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments, each program segment being associated with at least one theme indicated by associated metadata, wherein the query is to determine whether the two or more different program segments other than advertisement segments include a particular theme; and
group together each of the program segments that have the particular theme in a playback mode.
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21. A system to associate thematic metadata with digital video recording program segments, the system comprising:
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a segment metadata generator to generate metadata corresponding to particular program segments of a broadcast program, wherein each program segment includes the metadata with a particular theme; and
a segment metadata associator to associate the generated metadata with the particular program segments to generate metadata-segment association information, wherein the metadata-segment association information is to be delivered to a device to group the particular program segments by the theme. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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