Patent ID: 7734579

Claim:
A system to process video program content material of a program in which the video program content material is provided by an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) content provider, the system comprising: a programmable hardware device comprising a set-top box associated with a digital video recorder; a data stream associated with a particular television program and provided to the programmable hardware device, the data stream including program content data associated with the particular television program and including index data corresponding to the program content data of the particular television program, wherein the index data includes one of a plurality of program format codes; and a database accessible by the device and including a look up table of the plurality of program format codes with a corresponding plurality of program format types, each program format type associated with a specific division of program content material, wherein the one of the plurality of program format codes is associated with a corresponding program format type of the plurality of program format types of the index data, wherein the database periodically updates to newer versions of the plurality of program format codes and the corresponding plurality of program format types via the IPTV content provider, wherein the specific division of program content material includes chapter points segmenting the video program content material of the particular television program, and wherein the chapter points are determined by using a computer program of the set top box and are inserted at a beginning of the particular television program and at an end of the particular television program, wherein the chapter points are inserted at a beginning of a commercial advertisement group and at an end of the commercial advertisement group.