Patent ID: 8726309

Claim:
A method for processing a first audio/video stream having at least one segment of a show, at least one interstitial of the show, and closed captioning data associated with the show, the method comprising: receiving autonomous location information separately from the first audio/video stream, the autonomous location information comprising a first unique text string, a second unique text string, a first forward offset associated with the first unique text string, a first backward offset associated with the first unique text string, a second forward offset associated with the second unique text string, and a second backward offset associated with the second unique text string; processing the closed captioning data to identify the first unique text string; determining that the first unique text string is not located within the closed captioning data; in response to determining that the first unique text string is not located within the closed captioning data, processing the closed captioning data again to identify the second unique text string; determining that the second unique text string is located within the closed captioning data; and in response to determining that the second unique text string is located within the closed captioning data, utilizing the second forward offset and the second backward offset to specify a beginning boundary of a segment of the show and an ending boundary of the segment of the show.