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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11825144 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2021

In-band data recognition and synchronization system

Applicant:

Tivo Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin P. Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);

Paul Stevens, Felton, CA (US);

Adam Feder, Mountain View, CA (US);

James Barton, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

TiVo Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

HALEY GUILIANO LLP

Primary Examiner:

James R Sheleheda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04H 20/31 (2008.01); H04H 60/73 (2008.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G06F 18/00 (2023.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04H 60/13 (2008.01); H04H 60/27 (2008.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/85 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); G06F 18/00 (2023.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04H 20/31 (2013.01); H04H 60/73 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 21/236 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/4135 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/434 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04H 60/13 (2013.01); H04H 60/27 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/85 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for recognizing and synchronizing to in-band data at a multimedia device is provided. A content stream includes in-band data. The in-band data is processed and in-band data pattern data associated with the content stream are created. Metadata are attached to the event identification data. The event identification data are provided to multimedia devices which receive broadcasted multimedia content streams containing video programs with in-band data. The in-band data are processed and compared to the event identification data. If a match occurs, the multimedia device uses the metadata to perform specified actions.

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