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`(43) International Publication Date
`28 June 2001 (28.06.2001)
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`PCT
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`(10) International Publication Number
`WO 01/47279 A2
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`(51) International Patent Classification7:
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`H04N 7/26
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`(21) International Application Number:
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`PCT/US00/34819
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`(22) International Filing Date:
`19 December 2000 (19.12.2000)
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`(25) Filing Language:
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`(26) Publication Language:
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`English
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`English
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`(30) Priority Data:
`60/171,829
`09/440,618
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`21 December 1999 (21.12.1999)
`18 December 2000 (18.12.2000)
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`US
`US
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`(71) Applicant: TIVO, INC. [US/US]; 2160 Gold Street, P.O.
`Box 2160, Alviso, CA 95002 (US).
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`(72) Inventor: BARTON, James, M.; 101 Sund Avenue, Los
`Gatos, CA 95032 (US).
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`(74) Agents: GLENN, Michael et al.; Glenn Patent Group,
`3475 Edison Way, Suite L., Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US).
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`(81) Designated States (national): AE, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ,
`BA, BB, BG, BR, BY, CA, CH, CN, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK,
`DM, EE, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, HR, HU, ID, IL,
`IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KP, KR, KZ, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU.
`LV, MA, MD, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, NO, NZ, PL, PT,
`RO, RU, SD, SE, SG, SI, SK, SL, TJ, TM, TR, TI‘, TZ, UA,
`UG, UZ, VN, YU, ZA, ZW.
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`Designated States (regional): ARIPO patent (GH, GM,
`KE, LS, MW, MZ, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZW), Eurasian
`patent (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM), European
`patent (AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE,
`IT, LU, MC, NL, PI‘, SE, TR), OAPI patent (BF, BJ, CF,
`CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).
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`Published:
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`Without international search report and to be republished
`upon receipt of that report.
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`For two-letter codes and other abbreviations, refer to the ”Guid-
`ance Notes on Codes andAbbreviations " appearing at the begin-
`ning ofeach regular issue ofthe PCT Gazette.
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`(54) Title: METHOD FOR ENHANCING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER TELEVISION ADVERTISING VIEWERSHIP
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`01/47279A2
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`(57) Abstract: A method for enhancing digital video recorder television advertising viewership provides a method wherein the first
`or last number of seconds of a commercial break are carefully authored to provide a "teaser" to entice the viewer to watch multiple
`commercials during the commercial break instead of skipping the commercial break using the fast forward or jump functions of the
`DVR. A bookending function displays an advertisement before and/or after a program that has been recorded on the DVR’s storage
`0 device is played to the viewer. The viewer selects a recorded program from the DVR’s storage device to playback. Before the
`program is played back, an advertisement is retrieved from the storage device and is displayed before the program is 111.11. Another
`advertisement is retrieved and then played after the program is over.
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`Method for Enhancing Digital Video Recorder
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`Television Advertising Viewership
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`The invention relates to the storing and viewing of television program material in a
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`computer environment. More particularly, the invention relates to increasing the
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`visibility of television advertisements in a computer environment.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
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`The introduction of Digital Video Recorders (DVR) have revolutionized the
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`television recording industry. DVRs store program material onto a storage
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`medium that is easily accessible, reusable, andthe recording does not degrade
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`over time as with video tapes.
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`DVRs give the viewer an unprecedented amount of control over how the viewer
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`watches live and recorded television programs. One of the effects of the DVRs
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`is that as viewers watch television programs stored on the DVR’s storage
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`medium, they have a tendency to skip over the commercial breaks.
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`Television broadcasters and advertisers have a negative viewpoint of
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`the
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`advent of the DVR. The feeling is that the DVR is destroying any purpose of
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`advertising on the broadcast medium.
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`Primetime no longer exists because
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`viewers are not tied to the broadcaster’s schedule. DVRs allow the viewer to
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`easily store all of his desired programs for later viewing.
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`Broadcasters generate their revenue through the value of the commercial spots.
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`Advertisers feel
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`that
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`they are losing their potential viewership “eyes.”
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`If
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`advertisers do not believe that there is any value in a primetime commercial spot,
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`then the broadcasters lose large proportions of their revenue.
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`On the other hand, DVR service providers also generate revenue through
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`commercials. There is an extremely large potential maiket
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`for specialized
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`advertising that is shown directly to the target audience. DVFls have the ability to
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`evaluate the viewer’s viewing preferences and make inferences as to the
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`viewer’s lifestyle. With this personal information the DVR service providers can
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`directly target the correct audience for advertisers.
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`It would be advantageous to provide a method for enhancing digital video
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`recorder television advertising viewership that allows broadcasters to retain and
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`improve the value of a certain portion of television commercial breaks.
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`It would
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`further be advantageous to provide a method for enhancing digital video recorder
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`television advertising viewership that allows DVR service providers to present
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`advertisements to viewers that do not usurp the broadcasters advertising space.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention provides a method for enhancing digital video recorder television
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`advertising viewership.
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`The system allows the broadcaster to retain and
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`improve the value of a certain segment of television commercial breaks.
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`In
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`addition, the invention provides a system that allows the Digital Video Recorder
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`(DVR) service provider to present advertisements to viewers that do not usurp
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`the broadcaster’s advertising space.
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`A client device, typified in Application Serial No. 09/126,071, owned by the
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`Applicant, provides functionality typically associated with the present generation
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`of DVRS, such as the storage of a large amount of video content, ability to
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`choose and play this content on demand, and full “VCR-like" control of the
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`delivery of the content.
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`The invention provides a method wherein the first or last number of seconds of a
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`commercial break are carefully authored to provide a "teaser" to entice the viewer
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`to watch multiple commercials during the commercial break instead of skipping the
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`commercial break using the fast forward or jump functions of the DVR. This
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`teaser can be a set of images or logos that indicate a commercial relating to that
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`advertiser is present or a menu or short sequence of animations to designed
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`catch the viewer's attention and persuade him to watch the commercial break.
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`Further, advertisers can also place the more important content in the first or last
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`number of seconds of their commercials.
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`This content will get
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`the desired
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`message across to the viewer in those seconds.
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`The
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`invention
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`also provides
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`a bookending function
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`that displays
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`an
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`advertisement before and/or after a program that has been recorded on the
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`DVR’s storage device is played to the viewer. The viewer selects a recorded
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`program from the DVR’s storage device to playback. Before the program is
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`played back, an advertisement is retrieved from the storage device and is
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`displayed before the program is run. Another advertisement is retrieved and
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`then played afterthe program is over.
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`The invention’s bookending allows any ad material that is loaded onto the system
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`to be displayed before and/or after any program material. Since the DVR
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`system knows the viewer’s program preferences (e.g., science fiction, police
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`dramas) and, possibly,
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`the viewer’s personal information (e.g., male, age 27,
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`likes photography), ads can be selected based on this information and targeted
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`to the specific audience that the viewer is a part of.
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`Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the
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`following detailed description in combination with the accompanying drawings,
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`illustrating, by way of example, the principles of the invention.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`Fig. 1 is a block schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a digital video
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`recording system according to the invention;
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`Fig. 2 is a diagram of a screenshot of a user interface menu listing recorded
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`programs according to the invention;
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`Fig. 3 is a diagram of an exemplary remote input device according to the
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`invenfion;
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`Fig. 4 is a diagram of a screenshot of a program playback mode according to the
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`invenflon;
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`Fig. 5 is a block schematic diagram showing a viewer’s response to a commercial
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`break within a program according to the invention;
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`Fig. 6 is a block schematic diagram showing the important portions of a
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`commercial break according to the invention;
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`Fig. 7 is a block schematic diagram showing the important portions of a
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`commercial according to the invention;
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`Fig. 8 is a block schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the invention
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`showing the bookending concept according to the invention; and
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`Fig. 9 is a block schematic diagram of high level task viewpoint of a preferred
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`embodiment of the invention implementing the bookending function according to
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`the invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention is embodied in a method for enhancing digital video recorder
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`television advertising viewership in a computer environment.
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`A system
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`according to the invention allows the broadcaster to retain and improve the value
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`of a certain segment of television commercial breaks.
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`in addition, the invention
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`provides a system that allows the Digital Video Recorder
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`(DVR)
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`service
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`provider
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`to present advertisements
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`to viewers
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`that do not usurp the
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`broadcaster’s advertising space.
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`Referring to Fig. 1,
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`time-shifting devices, or DVRS,
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`take as input
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`television
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`broadcast signals from multiple signal sources. One such method is described "n
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`Application No. 09/126,071 entitled “Multimedia Time Warping System” owned
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`by the Applicant. The input Section 101 selects the input source and directs the
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`signal to the Digital Encoder 102.
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`If the signal source is analog,
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`the Digital
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`Encoder 102 converts the analog signal to a digital form, e.g., MPEG2.
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`For
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`digital signals such as digital satellite feeds, the Digital Encoder 102 can directly
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`store the digital signal or convert the digital signal to a different sample rate.
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`Digital signals are stored on a persistent storage device 103, e.g., a magnetic
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`hard disk or RAM device. Multiple programs are stored on the storage device
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`103 and are easily accessed by the viewer. The viewer selects the desired
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`program stored on the storage device 103 through the Viewer Interface 104.
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`The selected program is accessed from the storage device 103 and decoded
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`into analog form for presentation onto a television set by the Decode module
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`105.
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`If the display is a digital monitor, for example, the Decode module 105
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`converts the stored program into the proper digital format. The Output module
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`106 presents the Decode modules 105 output into an acceptable signal format
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`(analog or digital) to the viewer’s television or monitor.
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`With respect to Figs. 2 and 3, the invention presents the viewer with a list 201 of
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`the programs stored on the storage device. The viewer highlights the desired
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`program using a remote input device 301. The program is then selected when
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`the viewer presses the select button 302. Each program is randomly accessible,
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`a program may be viewed and deleted irrespective of its recorded sequence.
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`This is unlike video cassette tapes that do not give the viewer the convenience of
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`easily accessing a particular recorded program on a tape or
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`inserting new
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`recordings amidst a populated tape.
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`Referring to Fig. 4, DVRs allow the viewer to perform many trick play functions
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`401 on the program being viewed. The viewer can fast fonNard and rewind at
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`multiple speeds, pause, single step, slow play, etc.
`material.
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`The invention of time-shifting devices for television programs has also created
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`the opportunity for
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`television viewers to fast-fon/vard through commercial
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`advertisements if the viewer is watching a recorded program, or a live, cached
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`program where the current viewing position is delayed from the current real-time
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`television broadcast.
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`Since there is little economic incentive for viewers to watch commercials in those
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`cases, the value of the space made available for advertising drops precipitously.
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`However,
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`in examining the behavior of viewers,
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`it
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`is apparent that a newly
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`valuable advertising space has been created at the beginning or ending of a
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`commercial break.
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`With respect to Fig. 5, a preferred embodiment of the invention provides a
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`method for enhancing the viewership of television ads on a DVR by taking into
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`account the viewer's interaction with the inherent operation of the DVR. Whether
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`the technique is a visual fast-forvvard (TiVo) or fixed—time (e.g., 30 seconds) skip
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`function (FteplayTV), there is a delay from when the viewer realizes 502 that the
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`program material has ended and advertising has begun 501, and when the
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`viewer starts skipping the commercial using the remote input device 503.
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`Several factors are involved in the viewer’s response time. The viewer must first
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`recognize 502 that the program material has ended 501. Once the viewer
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`realizes that the event has occurred, he must then press a button 503 on the
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`remote input device.
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`Often, the time span 507 from the end of the program 501 to the point where the
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`viewer has pressed the button 503 is tens of seconds long. Thus, the first few
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`seconds of any commercial break become extremely valuable as an opportunity
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`to get the viewer to NOT skip the commercial break. Advertisers will pay
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`additional money for the opportunity to occupy this space in the commercial
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`breaks.
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`Similarly, when fast—fon/varding or skipping,
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`it is typical that the viewer will not be
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`able to precisely skip to the beginning of the program material 505. When
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`examining viewer behavior, most viewers will skip forward 506, then back up
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`504 into the preceding commercial break a few seconds in order to view all of the
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`program material from the point where it starts 505. Therefore, the last few
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`seconds of a commercial break 508 become extremely valuable, since it
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`opportunity to persuade the viewer to rewind into the commercial break and view
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`advertisements.
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`Referring to Fig. 6,
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`the invention provides a method wherein the first few
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`seconds 601 or last few 602, are carefully authored to provide a "teaser" to
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`entice the viewer to watch multiple commercials during the break 603. This teaser
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`might be a set of images or logos that indicate a commercial relating to that
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`advertiser is present or a menu or short sequence of animations to designed
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`catch the viewer's attention and persuade him to watch the commercial break.
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`With respect to Fig. 7, advertisers can also place the more important content ‘n
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`the first 702 or last 703 number of seconds of their commercials 701. This
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`content will be able to get the desired message across to the viewer in those
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`seconds. Given this model, content providers are able to charge advertisers a
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`higher rate to place their commercials at the beginning or the end of a commercial
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`break.
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`Further, one can imagine using the CC tagging technology as described in
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`Application No. 09/665,921 entitled “Closed Caption Tagging System” owned
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`by the Applicant, or similar technology such as ATVEF or Wink, to automatically
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`pause the program being watched immediately at the beginning (or end) of the
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`commercial break, with the frame being displayed containing a menu of
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`the
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`advertisements in the commercial break. The viewer might simply skip forward,
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`or choose a particular commercial via a menu-like overlay on top of the broadcast
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`image using the on screen display (OSD).
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`Another method used is described in Application No. 09/187,967 entitled
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`"Analog Video Tagging and Encoding System.” The network content provider
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`authors an invisible tag at the beginning of the "pod" (the sequence of ad avails)
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`that
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`tells a decoder (such as TiVo’s Time Warping System) what
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`all
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`the
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`commercials in the pod are, thereby allowing the decoder to display an instant
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`menu of ads.
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`Further, it is possible using the CC tagging technology, or similar techniques, to
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`cause an "auto-pause" capability. For example, instead of presenting a menu, a
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`short "teaser" image or multi-frame video could introduce an advertisement, and
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`then automatically pause. The viewer might hit ''play'' to watch the advertisement
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`or fast-forward to skip to the next advertisement, which would present a similar
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`teaser and then pause. With a just few button presses, the viewer could skip the
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`commercial break and start the program, or watch one or more advertisements ‘n
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`the break.
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`As noted above, the invention stores program material on a storage medium. A
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`viewer accesses the programs through a user menu. The viewer selects the
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`desired program by highlighting the appropriate program and pressing the select
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`button. Once the program is selected, it is then displayed.
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`Referring to Fig. 8, “bookending” concerns the display of the program material
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`802. The program 802 is indexed and retrieved from the Storage Device 801.
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`Before the program 802 is displayed an ad 803 is first displayed before the
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`program is run. Another ad 804 is then played after the program is over. The
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`invention’s bookending allows any ad material that is loaded onto the system to
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`be displayed before and/or after any program material. The ads and program
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`material 805 are displayed to the viewer 806.
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`The ads are stored on the Storage Device 801, indexed and, optionally, stored
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`along with the characteristics of each ad. The choice is up to the DVR system or
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`provider as to whether an ad is played before, after, or both before and afier any
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`program material.
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`With respect to Fig. 9, the invention stores program material and ads on the
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`storage device 903. The Viewer Interface module 901 displays the list of stored
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`programs to the viewer and accepts the viewer program selections.
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`The
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`Playback Program module 902 finds and extract the selected program from the
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`Storage Device 903.
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`Bookending ads are selected by the Bookend Program module 904.
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`The
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`Bookend Program module 904 decides whether to display an ad before and/or
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`afterthe program material - configurable by the DVR service provider. Each ad
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`is selected from the Storage Device 903 by the Bookend Program module 904.
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`The Playback Program module 902 makes a request to the Bookend Program
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`module 904 for an ad to display. The request is made before and after the
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`Playback Program module 902 displays the program material.
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`If an ad is passed
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`to the Playback Program module 902 by the Bookend Program module 904,
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`then it is displayed. Otherwise, the Playback Program module 902 continues on
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`without displaying an ad.
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`Since the DVR system knows the viewer’s program preferences (e.g., science
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`fiction, police dramas) and, possibly,
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`the viewer’s personal
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`information (e.g.,
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`male, age 27,
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`likes photography), ads can be selected by the Bookend
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`Program module 904 based on this information. The Bookend Program module
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`904 selects ads targeted to the specific audience that the viewer is a part of. This
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`allows the DVR service provider to charge advertisers for targeted advertising
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`which is much more valuable than shotgun advertising that occurs in normal
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`television commercial breaks.
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`Ads are downloaded onto the Storage Device 903 via a modern, Ethernet,
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`recorded at a predetermined time from an input source, etc. by the Download
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`Ads module 905. The DVR can request ads from a central server or record
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`certain groups of ads for the viewer’s target audience.
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`Although the invention is described herein with reference to the preferred
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`embodiment, one skilled in the art will readily appreciate that other applications
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`may be substituted for those set forth herein without departing from the spirit and
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`scope of the present invention. Accordingly,
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`the invention
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`should only be
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`limited by the Claims included below.
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`CLAIMS
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`1.
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`A process for enhancing the viewership of television advertisements in a
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`digital video recorder (DVR) environment, comprising the steps of:
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`partitioning the beginning and end of each commercial break in a program
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`segment;
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`wherein each partition is of a predetermined length of time; and
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`wherein said beginning and end partitions are carefully authored to
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`provide a teaser to entice the viewer to watch multiple commercials during the
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`break.
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`2.
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`The process of claim 1, wherein said teaser is a set of images or logos
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`that indicate a commercial relating to a particular advertiser is present.
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`3.
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`The process of claim 1, wherein said teaser is a menu or short sequence
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`of animations designed to catch the viewer's attention and persuade him to watch
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`the commercial break.
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`4.
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`A process for enhancing the viewership of television advertisements in a
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`digital video recorder (DVR) environment, comprising the steps of:
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`partitioning the beginning and end of a television advertisement;
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`wherein each partition is of a predetermined length of time; and
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`wherein said beginning partition and said end partition contain the more
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`important content designed to get the desired message across to the viewer ‘n
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`the predetermined length of time.
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`5.
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`A process for enhancing the viewership of television advertisements in a
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`digital video recorder (DVR) environment, comprising the steps of:
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`providing a storage device;
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`recording television program material onto said storage device;
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`receiving advertisements from an extemal source;
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`storing said advertisements on said storage device;
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`selecting an advertisement from said storage device;
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`playing back said television program material from said storage device to
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`the viewer; and
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`wherein said playing back step displays said advertisement to the viewer
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`before and/or after said television program material is played back to the viewer.
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`6.
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`The process of claim 4, wherein said selecting step selects said
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`advertisement based on the viewer’s viewing preferences and/or personal data.
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`7.
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`The process of
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`claim 4, wherein said selecting step selects
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`an
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`advertisement to be displayed after said television program material is played
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`back to the viewer that is different than the advertisement displayed before said
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`television program material is played back to the viewer.
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`8.
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`An apparatus for enhancing the viewership of television advertisements "n
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`a digital video recorder (DVR) environment, comprising:
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`a storage device;
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`a module for recording television program material onto said storage
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`device;
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`a module for receiving advertisements from an external source;
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`a module for storing said advertisements on said storage device;
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`a module for selecting an advertisement from said storage device;
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`a module for playing back said television program material
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`from said
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`storage device to the viewer; and
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`wherein said playing back step displays said advertisement to the viewer
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`before and/or after said television program material is played back to the viewer.
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`9.
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`The process of claim 7, wherein said selecting module selects said
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`advertisement based on the viewer’s viewing preferences and/or personal data.
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`10.
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`The process of claim 7, wherein said selecting module selects an
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`advertisement to be displayed after said television program material is played
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`back to the viewer that is different than the advertisement displayed before said
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`television program material is played back to the viewer.
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`11.
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`A program storage medium readable
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`by
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`a computer,
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`tangibly
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`embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform
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`method steps for enhancing the viewership of television advertisements in a
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`digital video recorder (DVR) environment, comprising the steps of:
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`providing a storage device;
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`recording television program material onto said storage device;
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`receiving advertisements from an extemal source;
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`storing said advertisements on said storage device;
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`selecting an advertisement from said storage device;
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`playing back said television program material from said storage device to
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`the viewer; and
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`wherein said playing back step displays said advertisement to the viewer
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`before and/or after said television program material is played back to the viewer.
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`The method of claim 10, wherein said selecting step selects said
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`advertisement based on the viewer’s viewing preferences and/or personal data.
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`The method of
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`claim 10, wherein said selecting step selects an
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`advertisement to be displayed after said television program material is played
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`back to the viewer that is different than the advertisement displayed before said
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`television program material is played back to the viewer.
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