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System for processing program guide information items for the creation of a program guide

  • US 8,484,679 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2001
  • Issued: 07/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing information concerning intra-program events occurring within a program, comprising the steps of:

  • employing at least one processing device for,receiving signal data including information items describing intra-program events occuring during a program and comprising at least one of a) one or more scenes, b) episodes, c)chapters, and d) program portions;

    identifying said information items in signal data;

    processing said information items describing said intra-program events to provide processed data representative of intra-program events sequentially ordered by time;

    deriving time indicators using time stamps in content data representing said program, said time indicators indicating when said intra-program events start and indicating different sections of a program and indicating a broadcast time when said intra-program events start; and

    communicating said processed data to a device.

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