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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7519265 | Method and apparatus for making archival copies of audiovisual recordings Recorded audiovisual programs are aggregated for archival storage on another storage medium, such as a DVD. As related programs are temporarily recorded on a DVR, the lengths of the programs are summed and compared to the recording capacity of the DVD. When a suffic... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7269330 | Method and apparatus for controlling a video recorder/player to selectively alter a video signal The method and apparatus operates in a video recorder and playback unit to identify selected broadcast segments, such as commercial advertisements, of a television signal in real-time for the purpose of either suspending recording or advancing playback of the televi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7110658 | Method and apparatus for eliminating television commercial messages A video recording and playback device (10) incorporates a processor (114) for processing the video signal to detect the presence of commercial messages. Video and audio event detectors (102, 104) detect the presence of events in the signal as it... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6856758 | Method and apparatus for insuring complete recording of a television program The duration of a recording is automatically extended in the event that a televised program extends beyond the scheduled end of the television broadcast. Groups or “clusters” of commercial messages are detected. If no such group is found at the end of a schedule... | 02/15/2005 |
