Patent ID: 7055166
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for deriving a modified program signal from a broadcast programming signal transmitted for reception by an audience and for presenting said modified program signal to an individual, said apparatus comprising, in combination: an editing unit for generating, as a function of said broadcast programming signal, marking signals each of which includes information specifying the location of a corresponding program segment of said broadcast programming signal; a first communication system coupled to said editing unit for transmitting said marking signals; a receiver for receiving said broadcast programming signal; a random access buffer memory coupled to said receiver for persistently storing a representation of said broadcast programming signal as a stored broadcast programming signal; a second communication system for receiving said marking signals from said first communication system; a monitor for presenting a program signal to an individual; an input device operable by said individual for generating an instruction for selecting a specified one of said marking signals; and a processor coupled to input device and said random access buffer memory for selectively jumping to and delivering to said monitor that program segment within said stored broadcast programming stored in said random access buffer memory that corresponds to said specified one of said marking signals.