Edward J Schrader

US Patent:

20030118325, Jun 26, 2003

Filed:

Dec 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/035891

Inventors:

Edward Schrader - Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

H04N005/91

US Classification:

386/094000

Abstract:

Disclosed is a DVD movie disk that includes a number of different, user-selectable soundtracks. On the disk, major portions of two of the soundtracks are identical except for a relatively small number of deleted or replaced words. The deleted and/or replaced words are words that may be considered objectionable to some people and may affect the movie's rating. An alternate embodiment of the invention is in the form of computer software. When a DVD movie is inserted into a computer's DVD drive, the user can actuate the software to filter the soundtrack. This is accomplished by the software comparing each word in the soundtrack to a predetermined list of words. When a word on the soundtrack matches a word on the list, the word is altered or deleted prior to the soundtrack being played over a connected speaker.