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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Chaminda L. Jayamanne, Fishers, IN (US);
David John Weaver, Fishers, IN (US);
Martin Vincent Davey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A method of playing back, by an electronic device, a recorded program without a first commercial, the recorded program recorded from a first program having the first commercial inserted therein is disclosed. The method comprises steps of obtaining location information of the first commercial in the first program responsive to a command to play back the recorded program; inserting a second commercial at a first location according to the location information of the first commercial; and playing back the recorded program with the inserted second commercial.