Patent ID: 8276173
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A program-processing system operated with a network, comprising: a plurality of program subscriber apparatuses in communication with the network and generating a plurality of advertising time information of a specific program on a particular channel, in response to the operations of the program subscriber apparatuses; an advertising time server in communication with the network for providing an advertising time database having therein a plurality of representative advertising time information obtained according to the plurality of advertising time information; and a program-processing device in communication with the network for accessing the representative advertising time information corresponding to the specific program from the advertising time database through the network and processing the specific program according to the corresponding representative advertising time information; wherein each of the plurality of program subscriber apparatuses is equipped with a picture-in-picture (PIP) button used to toggle a PIP mode on the respective program subscriber apparatus upon actuation by a user, said PIP mode comprising the steps of: wherein the representative advertising time information comprises: