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US 2014/0193137 A1Published application
Locking of Programs Against Fast Forwarding
AssigneeHarris Technology, LLC
InventorScott C. Harris
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Abstract
Speed of commercial playing is detected and used for determining whether program information can be played.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a program playing part that produces output from a user program, where said output from said user program includes both program parts and commercial parts;
- said program playing part receiving information from playing of the commercial parts, and uses the information received as part of playing the program parts,
- wherein said information received from playing the commercial parts is effective to enable complete playing of the program parts when the information is received by playing the commercial parts at normal speed and said information received from playing the commercial parts at faster than normal speed is not effective to complete playing of the program parts.
A method, comprising:
- producing output on a computer from a user program, where said output from said user program includes both program parts and commercial parts;
- receiving information on the computer from playing of the commercial parts;
- using the information received as part of playing the commercial parts, to play the program parts on the computer, wherein said information received from playing the commercial parts is effective to enable complete playing of the program parts when the information is received by playing the commercial parts at normal speed and said information received from playing the commercial parts at faster than normal speed is not effective to complete playing of the program parts.
A system, comprising:
- a program playing part that produces output from a user program, where said output from said user program includes both program parts and commercial parts;
- said program playing part receiving information from playing of the commercial parts, wherein said information received from playing the commercial parts is effective to enable complete playing of the program parts when the information is received by playing the commercial parts at normal speed and said information received from playing the commercial parts at faster than normal speed is not effective to complete playing of the program parts;
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- wherein said program playing part displays a link to a commercial part, where selecting said link is effective to automatically transfer control to playing the commercial part.
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