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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:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Wayne M. Smith, La Cañada, CA (US);
Inventor:
Wayne M. Smith, La Cañada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A program includes sequential program segments, commercial segments, segment dividers delimiting the program and commercial segments and extraneous signals inserted into the segments. The extraneous signals are selected to mimic segment dividers and thus discourage recording of the program by a commercial skipping recorder device.
Smith, Wayne. (2007). Method and apparatus for discouraging commercial skipping (U.S. Patent No. 7280737). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7280737
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