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Method and apparatus for discouraging commercial skipping

  • US 7,280,737 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2005
  • Issued: 10/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of discouraging commercial skipping in a program broadcast as a sequence of segments including program segments, and commercial segments separated by segment dividers, said segment dividers having a divider characteristic, each segment being provided between two respective segment dividers, by a player adapted to detect at least one of said segment dividers and to skip a corresponding commercial segment, said method comprising inserting in said program a plurality of extraneous signals having said divider characteristic, each of said extraneous signals being inserted within one of said segments, wherein when said player receives said program, said player detects one of said extraneous signals erroneously as a segment divider and skips at least one of a portion of a program segment and a commercial segment.

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