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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Method and apparatus for exchanging preferences for replaying a program on a personal video recorder
Applicants:
David Alan Bryan, Carmel, NY (US);
Gilles Boccon-gibod, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Alan Bryan, Carmel, NY (US);
Gilles Boccon-Gibod, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Personal video recorders (PVRs) contain many desirable features, including the ability to skip undesirable portions of a recorded broadcast program. Disclosed is a method and system for a PVR user to share with other users tags identifying desirable program portions or segments ('Hot-Spots') and undesirable segments ('Cold-Spots'). Other users are able to either automatically or manually to adjust the replay of the program based on the tags.