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System and method for monitoring blocked content

  • US 7,818,764 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2002
  • Issued: 10/19/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of presenting content, comprising:

  • receiving tagged content;

    comparing, by a processor, the tagged content to a user'"'"'s profile stored in memory;

    retrieving multiple fields of a preferred tag from the memory, the preferred tag associated with content that is preferred by the user'"'"'s profile;

    retrieving the multiple fields of a corresponding alternative tag that are associated with alternative content;

    setting an initial value of a score to zero;

    successively comparing each field of the preferred tag to each corresponding field of the alternative tag;

    incrementing the score when a field of the preferred tag matches a corresponding field of the alternative tag;

    comparing a final value of the score to a threshold value when all the multiple fields of the preferred tag have been compared to all the multiple fields of the corresponding alternative tag;

    when the processor determines that the alternate content matches the user'"'"'s profile, then causing display of a user interface in which a user may designate a source of substitute content;

    receiving a selection of a control button in the user interface that selects a blank screen with audio as the substitute content;

    causing display of a preview control button in the user interface for previewing the substitute content;

    receiving an input that selects the preview control button;

    retrieving an audio file;

    causing display of the blank screen and cause a presentation of the audio file in a preview area of the graphical user interface;

    blocking the tagged content having a time duration;

    determining an end of the time duration;

    causing display of the blank screen and presenting the audio file to replace the blocked content; and

    presenting desired content after the blocked content has terminated.

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