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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
David Michael Geshwind, NY, NY (US);
Inventor:
David Michael Geshwind, NY, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Distribution, either incorporated into a video signal or via a separate channel, of human and/or artificially intelligent generated auxiliary information used to selectively record and/or display one of several subsets of program segments. Subsets comprise options that are progressively abstracted, alternatively rated, selectively limited to particular subject matter, or otherwise diverse versions of the program material. Settop box, or similar device, records program and auxiliary information, and displays selected subset under user control.