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Video clip identification system unusable for commercial cutting

  • US 6,546,556 B1
  • Filed: 12/28/1998
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a television broadcasting system wherein a first station transmits a video stream to second stations, a method, for use in the first station, of permitting a second stations to extract a scene within the video stream, the method comprising the steps of:

  • generating a tag for said scene, said tag including;

    a category of said scene, identifying a beginning of said scene and a length of said scene;

    preventing said tag from being used to identify a location for commercial cutting; and

    inserting said tag in said video stream at a position associated with said beginning of said scene.

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