Patent ID: 8724967

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions to perform a method for detecting a commercial in a set of audiovisual content spanning a duration of time, the method comprising: selecting a candidate time within the duration of time spanned by the set of audiovisual content, wherein the candidate time is identified based on the detection of one or more predetermined cues in a first set of cues, and wherein the candidate time represents a possible boundary time of a commercial; assigning a value to the candidate time; and analyzing the candidate time to determine a likelihood that the candidate time is a commercial boundary time, wherein the analysis is performed on processing circuitry and includes: adjusting the value based on one or more cues in a second set of cues occurring within a time interval proximate to the candidate time, and further adjusting the value based on one or more characteristics of audiovisual content and associated probabilities.