Audio/video recorder with automatic commercial advancement prevention
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1. A method for preventing a user from automatically advancing an audio/video signal past marked material comprising the steps of:
- (A) detecting possible triggering events during encoding of said audio/video signal;
(B) generating one or more scores of various levels in response to said triggering events;
(C) marking a portion of said audio/video signal in response to said one or more scores; and
(D) preventing said user from advancing past said marked material during playback in response to said one or more scores, wherein a particular one of said scores is used to determine how aggressive said method determines whether said triggering events are detected.
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Abstract
A method for automatically advancing an audio/video signal past undesirable material comprising the steps of (A) detecting possible triggering events during encoding of said audio/video signal, (B) generating one or more scores of various levels in response to said triggering events and (C) advancing past said undesirable material during playback in response to one of said scores.
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1. A method for preventing a user from automatically advancing an audio/video signal past marked material comprising the steps of:
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(A) detecting possible triggering events during encoding of said audio/video signal; (B) generating one or more scores of various levels in response to said triggering events; (C) marking a portion of said audio/video signal in response to said one or more scores; and (D) preventing said user from advancing past said marked material during playback in response to said one or more scores, wherein a particular one of said scores is used to determine how aggressive said method determines whether said triggering events are detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a detector circuit configured to generate (i) an audio/video data signal and (ii) one or more score signals of various levels in response to an input signal; and a data storage device configured to (i) store said audio/video data signal and said one or more score signals and (ii) generate an output signal in response to (a) said stored audio/video data signal and (b) one of said score signals, wherein (i) said apparatus is configured to prevent a user from skipping a marked portion of said audio/video data signal and (ii) a particular one of said scores is used to determine how aggressive said apparatus determines whether a triggering event has been detected. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for preventing a user from automatically advancing an audio/video signal past marked material comprising the steps of:
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(A) detecting possible triggering events during encoding of said audio/video signal, wherein said detecting comprises detecting synchronized audio and video statistics from both an audio portion and a video portion of said audio/video signal; (B) generating one or more scores of various levels in response to said triggering events; (C) marking a portion of said audio/video signal in response to said one or more scores; and (D) preventing said user from advancing past said marked material during playback in response to said one or more scores. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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