Smart Zapper
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Mar 13, 2008
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Sep 26, 2005
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Sep 30, 2004
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An entertainment system includes a receiver having a tuner which is tunable to a various channels to receive various input signals. A controller is configured to generate a control signal to tune the tuner to a different channel. The controller detects an advertisement on the current channel, and generates the control signal to select a different channel in response to control criteria. The control criteria include similarity between the content programming of the current channel and the content programming of next channel to be tuned to. The similarity may be determined from analyzing the contents of the available channels, electronic program guide or metadata information included in the signal. The control criteria may also include the selected channel not having another advertisement. The control signal may be generated in response to detecting an advertisement on the current channel, or in response to a user action.
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