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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Piksel, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PIKSEL, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/783 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for implementing forwarding in playback of video content, in which the video content is associated with commercials, the method comprising: determining a set of commercials that are skipped in forwarding the video content; and applying a function to determine the playback of the set of commercials when the forwarded video content is played, wherein the function is programmable.