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System and method for creating and utilizing metadata regarding the structure of program content stored on a DVR

  • US 8,321,466 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2005
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for using metadata while rendering program content to inhibit a rendering of one or more program content segments defined by data within the metadata, comprising:

  • retrieving from memory the metadata for the program content, the metadata comprising data defining the one or more segments of the program content;

    commencing the rendering of the program content by a playback device; and

    using the data within the metadata to inhibit the rendering of the one or more segments within the program content defined by the data within the metadata;

    wherein the step of using the data within the metadata to inhibit the rendering of the one or more segments of the program content comprises using the data within the metadata by a hand-held remote control device to cause the hand-held remote control device to automatically transmit commands to the playback device to affect the program content while the program content is being rendered by the playback device.

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