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Method of using transcript information to identify and learn commercial portions of a program

  • US 7,089,575 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2001
  • Issued: 08/08/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of identifying commercial segments during a program comprising:

  • a. receiving an audio/data/video signal which includes at least one of transcript information and electronic programming guide (EPG) data and using the transcript information associated with the program;

    b. detecting “

    non-stop”

    words in the transcript information during a first time period which occur more than a predetermined number of times;

    c. detecting “

    non-stop”

    words in the transcript information during a second time period which occur more than a predetermined number of times;

    d. comparing the “

    non-stop”

    words detected during the first time period and the “

    non-stop”

    words detected during the second time period; and

    e. analyzing the transcript information and the electronic programming guide (EPG) data to determine a type of program being broadcast and whether the type of program being broadcast includes “

    going into commercial” and



    going out of commercial”

    cues.

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