Television advertisement monitoring system

摘要

The present invention discloses systems for monitoring advertisements. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel in accordance with the present invention comprises a sound level monitor for monitoring an audio level of a first broadcast television channel, a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, for tagging a start and an end of an advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel, and a receiver, wherein when the receiver is first tuned to the first broadcast channel and then tuned to a second broadcast channel, an on-screen display is displayed on a monitor displaying the second broadcast channel, the OSD being displayed when the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast channel occurs.

主权项

1. An apparatus for omitting at least one segment of a video program that has been recorded, comprising:
a sound level monitor that monitors an audio level of the video program; a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, that tags a start and an end of the at least one segment within the video program; and a video recorder, coupled to the data tagger, wherein the video recorder plays the video program while selectively omitting playing the at least one segment between the start of the at least one segment and the end of the at least one segment.