System and method for indexing commercials in a video presentation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8155498
APP PUB NO 20030202773A1
SERIAL NO

10133184

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Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation of stored digital video content based upon an event index. Includes generation and storage of an event index, as well as navigation based on events in the event index. An example system is embodied in a digital video recorder that detects and stores black field and silent frame events for use in locating commercial groups. The commercial groups may be skipped or otherwise navigated based upon data pointers linking the stored events to corresponding locations in the video data file.

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  • THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.;REPLAYTV, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Briggs, Adam San Francisco, US 6 331
Chen, Tai-Ming Los Gatos, US 5 324
Dow, Christopher Palo Alto, US 46 2189
Garcia, Bruce San Jose, US 1 108
Liu, Chuang-Chun San Jose, US 4 350

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