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Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program

  • US 9,743,135 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2016
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus to detect portions of a recorded program that were not played back in real time, the apparatus comprising:

  • a time stamper to record a plurality of recording times associated with a recorded program, respective ones of the recording times indicating times of day at which respective sections of the recorded program were recorded;

    memory to store the recorded program;

    a presentation time retriever to, when triggered;

    retrieve a first one of the recording times associated with a first one of the sections of the recorded program being played back;

    retrieve a second one of the recording times associated with a second one of the sections of the recorded program being played back;

    store the first one of the recording times in association with a first playback time of the first one of the sections;

    store the second one of the recording times in association with a second playback time of the second one of the sections;

    a detector to compare the first one of the recording times and the second one of the recording times to calculate a recording interval, anda non-real time content identifier to identify a portion of the recorded program that was not played back in real time based on a detected difference between the recording interval and a playback interval, at least one of the time stamper, the memory, the presentation time retriever, the detector, or the non-real time content identifier including hardware.

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