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Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program
US8989554B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8989554-B2 |
| Application number | US-76640507-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2007 |
| Priority date | Apr 17, 2003 |
| Publication date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
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Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program are disclosed. In a disclosed method, a plurality of recording times of sections of a recorded program are stored in association with playback times of the recorded program. Playback intervals between sequential pairs of the playback times are compared with corresponding recording intervals between sequential pairs of the recording times to determine if any portion of the recorded program was not played back in real time.
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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus to detect portions of a recorded program that were not played back in real time, comprising: a time stamper to record a plurality of recording times in association with a recorded program, respective ones of the recording times indicating times of day at which respective sections of the recorded program were recorded; a memory to store the recorded program; a presentation time retriever to: retrieve a first recording time of the recording t…
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Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8989554B2 cover?
- Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program are disclosed. In a disclosed method, a plurality of recording times of sections of a recorded program are stored in association with playback times of the recorded program. Playback intervals between sequential pairs of the playback times are compared with corresponding recording intervals between sequential p…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Feininger William A, Brown Scott, Nielsen Co Us Llc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04N21/4147. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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