Patent ID: 8763028
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing content for a commercial break during the fast-forwarding of a video stream, comprising: providing content for the commercial break of the video stream; and outputting from a television network broadcasting point the video stream having a plurality of sets of a plurality of frames present within the commercial break of the video stream, with each frame of a given set of frames being consecutive while being output from the television network broadcasting point by being output immediately before or after an adjacent frame of the given set of frames is being output and with each frame of the given set of frames containing identical content for the commercial break, with the outputting of the video stream occurring prior to fast forwarding of the video stream by a video recording device that receives the video stream after the video stream is output from the television network broadcasting point and with each set of the frames being positioned at a respective point within the video stream that corresponds to a fast forward display point within the video stream by the video recording device that is capable of recording and fast-forwarding through the video stream, each respective point within the video stream being separated from an adjacent respective point within the video stream that corresponds to a fast forward display point with at least some video frames of the commercial break other than the plurality of frames from the plurality of sets of frames being located between the adjacent respective points within the video stream.