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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2004
Applicants:

Kristian Knak Nygaard, Frederiksberg, DK;

Soren Thomsen, Copenhagen, DK;

Soren Skov, Copenhagen, DK;

Peter Praest, Copenhagen, DK;

Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;

Inventors:

Kristian Knak Nygaard, Frederiksberg, DK;

Soren Thomsen, Copenhagen, DK;

Soren Skov, Copenhagen, DK;

Peter Praest, Copenhagen, DK;

Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;

Assignee:

NDS Limited, Staines, Middlesex, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for selecting a section from a streamed broadcast program is disclosed. The method includes receiving a streamed broadcast program, rendering the received streamed broadcast program on a display, selecting a section from the received streamed broadcast program substantially when the section is rendered on the display, and producing an indication signal which enables identification of the section based on a time at which selection of the section was carried out with respect to rendering progress of the streamed broadcast program on the display. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.


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