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USER-INITIATED CONTROL OF AN AUDIO/VIDEO STREAM TO SKIP INTERSTITIAL CONTENT BETWEEN PROGRAM SEGMENTS

  • US 20160037223A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2015
  • Published: 02/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for processing a recorded audio/video stream having multiple segments of a show interspersed with interstitials, the method comprising:

  • recording, with a video receiving device, an audio/video stream having closed captioning text data associated with video frames of the audio/video stream;

    receiving, at the video receiving device, location information that references the closed captioning text data;

    processing, with the video receiving device, the closed captioning text data of the recorded audio/video stream and the location information to identify boundaries between the multiple segments of the show and the interstitials, wherein the closed captioning text data referenced by the location information corresponds to video frames of the recorded audio/video stream that identify the boundaries;

    outputting the recorded audio/video stream for presentation on a display device;

    during presentation of each of the interstitials;

    monitoring for receipt of a user-initiated command to skip a current one of the interstitials;

    when a user-initiated command to skip the current one of the interstitials is received, automatically skipping the current one of the interstitials and, thereafter, continuing presentation of the recorded audio/video stream, wherein the automatically skipping uses the identified boundaries in the recorded audio/video stream; and

    when a user-initiated command to skip the current one of the interstitials is not received, continuing presentation of the current one of the interstitials.

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