Method and apparatus for insertion of advertisements between viewings of recorded content, games and other media types
US7773855B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/478
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mini-TV or picture-in-graphic (PIG) window within a digital video recorder (DVR) menu may be repurposed after one or more activities, such as watching a digitally-recorded program, to display content other than live television content on a channel that was being tuned to before the one or more activities.
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