Advanced television system
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Abstract
A digital television recording method comprising: broadcasting a television program associated with a broadcaster set of parameters enabling access to a first set of predetermined portions of the program; operating an agent for determining whether to record the program and for associating with the program, upon recording of the program, an agent set of parameters enabling access to a second set of predetermined portions of the program; storing the program together with the broadcaster set of parameters and the agent set of parameters to generate an addressable program; retrieving at least a portion of the addressable program; displaying the at least a portion of the addressable program to a user; receiving from the user a user set of parameters enabling access to a third set of predetermined portions of the addressable program; editing the addressable program to include the user set of parameters enabling access to the third set of predetermined portions of the addressable program thereby generating an edited addressable program; and storing the edited addressable program.
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53 Claims
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35. A broadcast system comprising:
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a headend including a headend tagger for applying headend tags to program material being broadcast; and a multiplicity of receiver-decoders at user locations, each said receiver-decoder receiving said program material being broadcast and including; a receiver-decoder tagger for applying receiver-decoder tags to program material received by said receiver-decoder; and a user actuated tagger for applying user actuated tags to said program material received by said receiver-decoder in response to user actuation.
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36. A receiver-decoder for use in a broadcast system which includes a headend including a headend tagger for applying headend tags to program material being broadcast and a multiplicity of receiver-decoders at user locations, receiving said program material being broadcast, said receiver-decoder comprising:
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a receiver-decoder tagger for applying receiver-decoder tags to program material received by said receiver-decoder; and a user actuated tagger for applying user actuated tags to said program material received by said receiver-decoder in response to user actuation. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A communication method comprising:
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operating a headend including a headend tagger for applying headend tags to program material being broadcast; and causing a multiplicity of receiver-decoders at user locations to receive said program material being broadcast and to apply receiver-decoder tags and user actuated tags to said program material received by at least one of said receiver-decoders. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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52. A broadcast receiving method useful with a headend including a headend tagger which applies headend tags to program material being broadcast, the method comprising:
causing a receiver-decoder at a user location to receive said program material being broadcast and to apply receiver-decoder tags and user actuated tags to said program material received by said receiver-decoder. - View Dependent Claims (53)
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