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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Paul A. Skelly, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/04 (2013.01); H04N 17/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A video signal is provided to a set top box. An instruction to record a specified portion of the video signal, thereby creating a video sample, is provided to the set top box. The video sample is received from the set top box. Reference video corresponding to the video sample is obtained. A comparison of the video sample and the reference video is performed.