Patent · US Expired

Systems and methods for computer enhanced broadcast monitoring

US5986692A · kind A · utility

364Cited by
20References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1998
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8456
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for editing the content of a broadcast programming signal to provide a proprietary program signal that has been tailored to the preferences of an individual monitoring the broadcast programming signal. Accordingly, the systems and methods of the invention offer computer-integrated television monitoring.

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