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Altering presentation of received content based on use of closed captioning elements as reference locations

US8437622B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2011
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8455
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A content receiver receives an captioning element and positional information regarding segments of a content instance. The captioning element corresponds to a component of captioning data included in content that can be utilized with the positional information to locate where the segments stop and/or start. The content receiver analyzes the content based on the captioning element and the positional information and alters how the content will be presented. Such alteration may involve skipping and/or deleting segments, starting/stopping presentation of content other than at the beginning and/or end of the content, altering recording timers, and/or replacing segments with alternative segments. In some implementations, the content may be recorded as part of recording multiple content instances received via at least one broadcast from a content provider wherein the multiple content instances are all included in a same frequency band of the broadcast and are all encoded utilizing a same control word.

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