Advertisements in an end-user controlled playback environment
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1. A method for detecting a broadcast commercial in a digital broadcast stream, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital broadcast stream at a user unit, the digital broadcast stream comprising programs, a set of commercials to be displayed during breaks in the programs, and metadata associated with each of the programs and each commercial in the set of commercials, the metadata being transmitted together with the programs and the set of commercials; and
for each commercial in the set of commercials, detecting a start point of the commercial, an end point of the commercial and a presence point within the commercial by detecting indicia consisting in the metadata received in the digital broadcast stream,wherein the detecting of a presence point within the commercial enables a selection of scenes or portions of scenes from the set of commercials and further comprises selecting a scene or a portion of a scene from the set of commercials.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a method for displaying advertisements transmitted to a user unit, the method includes receiving, at the user unit, at least one advertisement tagged with a delay tag indicating whether display of the at least one advertisement can be delayed and only if the delay tag allows delaying display of the at least one advertisement, storing the at least one advertisement at the user unit, retrieving the at least one advertisement and displaying the at least one advertisement. A billing system for reporting a commercial broadcast to a multiplicity of users is also disclosed.
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1. A method for detecting a broadcast commercial in a digital broadcast stream, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital broadcast stream at a user unit, the digital broadcast stream comprising programs, a set of commercials to be displayed during breaks in the programs, and metadata associated with each of the programs and each commercial in the set of commercials, the metadata being transmitted together with the programs and the set of commercials; and for each commercial in the set of commercials, detecting a start point of the commercial, an end point of the commercial and a presence point within the commercial by detecting indicia consisting in the metadata received in the digital broadcast stream, wherein the detecting of a presence point within the commercial enables a selection of scenes or portions of scenes from the set of commercials and further comprises selecting a scene or a portion of a scene from the set of commercials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for detecting a broadcast commercial in a digital broadcast stream, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a digital broadcast stream, the digital broadcast stream comprising programs, a set of commercials to be displayed during breaks in the programs, and metadata associated with each of the programs and each commercial in the set of commercials, the metadata being transmitted together with the programs and the set of commercials; and means for detecting, for each commercial in the set of commercials, a start point of the commercial, an end point of the commercial and a presence point within the commercial by detecting indicia consisting in the metadata received in the digital broadcast stream, wherein the means for detecting the start point, end point and presence point enables selection of scenes or portions of scenes from the set of commercials and provides for selecting a scene or a portion of a scene when a selection is made.
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16. An apparatus operable to detect a broadcast commercial in a digital broadcast stream, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive a digital broadcast stream comprising programs, a set of commercials to be displayed during breaks in the programs, and metadata transmitted together with the programs and the set of commercials; and a processor operable to detect a start point, an end point and a presence point in each commercial in the set of commercials by detecting indicia consisting in the metadata received in the digital broadcast stream, wherein, in operating to detect the start point, end point and presence point within a commercial, the processor enables a selection of scenes or portions of scenes from the set of commercials and selects a scene or a portion of a scene when a selection is made.
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