Selective commercial detector and eliminator apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5973723
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08989625

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A device contains a plurality of prestored program clips corresponding to portions of program information for presentation to a user. A comparator compares the program clips with with program information and causes selection of an alternate program in response to a match. In one embodiment, the program information corresponds to a television program and a program clip corresponds to a video frame at the beginning of an undesirable commercial, resulting in a television that automatically selects an alternate program in response an original program having an undesirable commercial. After a predetermined time associated with the video clip the television automatically returns to the original program. The invention also enables creation of new program clips based upon received program information.

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DeLuca, Michael Joseph 1104 Claire Ave., Austin, TX 78703 53 2013

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