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US 8,752,084 B1Granted
Television advertisement monitoring system
AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Lai, Robert G. Arsenault
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AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Lai, Robert G. Arsenault
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The present invention discloses systems for monitoring advertisements. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel in accordance with the present invention comprises a sound level monitor for monitoring an audio level of a first broadcast television channel, a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, for tagging a start and an end of an advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel, and a receiver, wherein when the receiver is first tuned to the first broadcast channel and then tuned to a second broadcast channel, an on-screen display is displayed on a monitor displaying the second broadcast channel, the OSD being displayed when the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast channel occurs.
An apparatus for omitting at least one segment of a video program that has been recorded, comprising:
A method for omitting a portion of data provided in a television channel signal to be recorded, comprising:
An apparatus for omitting at least one segment of a video program that has been recorded, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.