Patent ID: 7653921
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling repeating media objects a media stream, comprising using a computing device to: provide a buffered playback of a media stream; examine the buffered media stream to identify at least one instance when one or more unique media objects repeats in the buffered media stream; align a portion of the buffered media stream centered around one or more repeating instances of one or more unique media object with portions of the buffered media stream centered around one or more other repeating instances of those unique media objects; compare the aligned portions of the buffered media stream to determine pairs of temporal endpoints for delimiting one or more repeating instance of one or more unique media object in the media stream; and automatically perform at least one user specified action associated with one or more repeating instances of particular media objects during the buffered playback of the media stream.