MULTIFUNCTION MULTIMEDIA DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- recording, by a media device, content received in a content stream from a scheduled start time of a first media content to a scheduled end time of the first media content to obtain a content recording;
deriving, by the media device, one or more fingerprints from the content recording;
querying a fingerprint database with the one or more fingerprints to determine that a first portion of the content recording comprises an advertisement and a second portion of the content recording comprises the first media content;
in response to a request to play the content recording, starting playback of the content recording at the beginning of the second portion of the content recording.
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Abstract
A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described.
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1. A method comprising:
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recording, by a media device, content received in a content stream from a scheduled start time of a first media content to a scheduled end time of the first media content to obtain a content recording; deriving, by the media device, one or more fingerprints from the content recording; querying a fingerprint database with the one or more fingerprints to determine that a first portion of the content recording comprises an advertisement and a second portion of the content recording comprises the first media content; in response to a request to play the content recording, starting playback of the content recording at the beginning of the second portion of the content recording.
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