Patent ID: 7620105
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing data comprising audio and video signals, wherein said data includes a commercial message, said apparatus comprising: commercial message candidate section detecting means for detecting commercial message candidate sections in said data; a first measuring means for measuring a length of each commercial message candidate section; a first judgment means for making a first judgment of whether the length of each commercial message candidate section is within a first predetermined range of an integral multiple of a standard length; a second measuring means for measuring the length of an intermediate section between the commercial message candidate sections that are judged by the first judgment means; a second judgment means for making a second judgment of whether the length of the intermediate section is within a second predetermined range; and commercial message block determining means for determining a commercial message block of one or more commercial message candidate sections according to the first judgment and the second judgment.