# US 2014/0193137 A1 · Locking of Programs Against Fast Forwarding > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193137 A1 - Document ID: US20140193137A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/203,983 - Filed: 2014-03-11 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2010-06-28 - Assignees: Harris Technology, LLC - Applicants: Harris Technology, LLC - Inventors: Scott C. Harris - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193137A1 ## CPC - G11B 27/005: {Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording (for television signals H04N5/783)} - H04N 5/783: Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate - H04N 9/87: Regeneration of colour television signals (H04N9/80 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4627: Rights management {associated to the content (security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)} - H04N 21/472: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} - H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)} - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Speed of commercial playing is detected and used for determining whether program information can be played. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said program parts include video parts that are played normally only when the information was received by playing the commercial parts at normal speed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes a decryption code for encrypted program parts. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes a digital code that is read from the commercial parts. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system as in claim 4, wherein said digital code comprises a code that is effective to synchronize a clock to proper speed of playing of the commercial parts. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes an unlock code that is obtained only when the commercial parts are played at said normal speed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts is based on a specified image part in the commercial part having been displayed for a specified amount of time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, further comprising a link to a commercial part, that is played as part of said program part, where said link is effective to automatically transfer control to playing the commercial part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein said information includes an indication of a total amount of time that the commercial has been played. ### Claim 10 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said program parts include video parts that are played normally only when the information was received by playing the commercial parts at normal speed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said information from the playing of the commercial parts includes a decryption code for encrypted program parts. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes a clock code that is effective to synchronize a clock only when the commercial parts are played at said normal speed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes an unlock code that is obtained only when the commercial parts are played at said normal speed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, further comprising a link to a commercial part, that is played as part of said program part, where said link is effective to automatically transfer control to playing the commercial part. ### Claim 16 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; and 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system as in claim 16, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes a decryption code for encrypted program parts. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system as in claim 16, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes an unlock code that is obtained only when the commercial parts are played at said normal speed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system as in claim 16, wherein said information received from the playing of the commercial parts includes a clock code that is effective to synchronize a clock only when the commercial parts are played at said normal speed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system as in claim 16, wherein said information includes an indication of a total amount of time that the commercial has been played.