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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:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Lewis S. Ostrover, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lewis S. Ostrover, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for generating content codes for the scenes of a program includes a scene detector that detects the start of new scene, and a selector that allows a viewer to enter one or more content codes for the scene. The content code(s) and data identifying the scene are then stored for later use. The apparatus also includes a new-scene indicator that is activated when a new scene begins and is then deactivated after content code(s) have been inputted for the scene.