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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Jerry Iggulden, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jerry Iggulden, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
TeleVentions, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N005/76 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The duration of a recording is automatically extended in the event that a televised program extends beyond the scheduled end of the television broadcast. Groups or 'clusters' of commercial messages are detected. If no such group is found at the end of a scheduled broadcast, it is presumed that the broadcast has been extended and the recording is likewise extended. The invention again looks for a group of commercial messages at the next hour or half-hour. The recording is extended until such a group is found or until the recording has been extended by a predetermined maximum amount of time.