DIGITAL MEDIA RECORDER BASED ADVERTISING
First Claim
1. A method of operating a digital media recorder comprising:
- receiving a request from a user to play back a recorded program having original advertisements provided in media content of the recorded program;
playing at least one alternate advertisement prior to beginning playback of the recorded program; and
playing the media content of the recorded program without playing the original advertisements, wherein the original advertisements are skipped during playback of the recorded program in exchange for playing the at least one alternate advertisement prior to playback of the recorded program.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a technique for broadcasters to deliver advertising messages in a more effective way to digital media recorder users, wherein the digital media recorders may be configured to record various types of audio or video programs having advertisements therein. When playback of a recorded program is requested, the digital media recorder will play at least one alternate advertisement prior to beginning playback of the recorded program. After the alternate advertisements are played, the recorded media content is played without the original advertisements. As such, the original advertisements in the recorded program are skipped during playback in exchange for presenting one or more alternate advertisements prior to beginning playback of the recorded program.
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44 Claims
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1. A method of operating a digital media recorder comprising:
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receiving a request from a user to play back a recorded program having original advertisements provided in media content of the recorded program; playing at least one alternate advertisement prior to beginning playback of the recorded program; and playing the media content of the recorded program without playing the original advertisements, wherein the original advertisements are skipped during playback of the recorded program in exchange for playing the at least one alternate advertisement prior to playback of the recorded program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of interfaces; and a control system associated with the plurality of interfaces and adapted to; receive a request from a user to play back a recorded program having original advertisements provided in media content of the recorded program; play at least one alternate advertisement prior to beginning playback of the recorded program; and play the media content of the recorded program without playing the original advertisements, wherein the original advertisements are skipped during playback of the recorded program in exchange for playing the at least one alternate advertisement prior to playback of the recorded program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating a digital media recorder comprising:
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receiving a request from a user to play back a recorded program having original advertisements provided in media content of the recorded program; playing the media content of the recorded program; and during playing of the media content, replacing certain ones of the original advertisements with alternate advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of interfaces; and a control system associated with the plurality of interfaces and adapted to; receive a request from a user to play back a recorded program having original advertisements provided in the media content of the recorded program; play the media content of the recorded program; and during playing of the media content, replace certain ones of the original advertisements with alternate advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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