Method and apparatus for re-inserting a commercial during playback of a recorded program
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsChamida L. JAYAMANNE, David John Weaver, Martin Vincent Davey
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Abstract
A method of playing back, by an electronic device, a recorded program without a first commercial, the recorded program recorded from a first program having the first commercial inserted therein is disclosed. The method comprises steps of obtaining location information of the first commercial in the first program responsive to a command to play back the recorded program; inserting a second commercial at a first location according to the location information of the first commercial; and playing back the recorded program with the inserted second commercial.
Claims30
A method of playing back, by an electronic device, a recorded program without a first commercial, the recorded program recorded from a first program having the first commercial inserted therein, the method comprising:
- obtaining location information of the first commercial in the first program responsive to a command to play back the recorded program;
- inserting a second commercial at a first location according to the location information of the first commercial;
- and
- playing back the recorded program with the inserted second commercial.
An electronic device capable of playing back a recorded program without a first commercial, the recorded program recorded from a first program having the first commercial inserted therein, the electronic device comprising:
- a memory:
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- a processor executing software stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to obtain location information of the first commercial in the first program responsive to a command to play back the recorded program;
- insert a second commercial at a first location according to the location information of the first commercial;
- and play back the recorded program with the inserted second commercial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.