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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Mitch C. Jacobs, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mitch C. Jacobs, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04H 20/10 (2008.01); H04H 20/14 (2008.01); H04H 60/06 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04H 20/74 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/165 (2013.01); H04H 20/103 (2013.01); H04H 20/14 (2013.01); H04H 60/06 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/26241 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04H 20/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method includes an automation system generating a modified content signal from a content signal by inserting insertion material into the content signal during a break and a monitoring system monitoring the content signal. The automation system controls the automation system to return to the content signal in response to monitoring the content signal when the break ends on the content signal before an end of the insertion material.