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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:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Raul I. Aldrey, Plano, TX (US);

Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);

Sameer Gavade, Irving, TX (US);

Muthukumar X. Kasitholkappian, Chennai, IN;

Inventors:

Raul I. Aldrey, Plano, TX (US);

Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);

Sameer Gavade, Irving, TX (US);

Muthukumar X. Kasitholkappian, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.


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