Patent ID: 8209713
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel, comprising: a sound level monitor for monitoring an audio level of a first broadcast television channel; a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, for tagging a start and an end of an advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel; and a receiver, wherein when the receiver is first tuned to the first broadcast television channel and then tuned to a second broadcast television channel the receiver monitors the first broadcast television channel for the tag at the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel while tuned to the second broadcast television channel, and an on-screen display (OSD) is displayed on a monitor displaying the second broadcast television channel, the OSD being displayed during viewing of the second broadcast television channel when the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel occurs.