Presenting advertisements during media content seek

1. A media consumption device for presenting an advertisement to a user, the media consumption device comprising:

a media player module to play media content including a commercial; and

an advertisement determination module to:

analyze the commercial to identify identical consecutive frames of the commercial;

learn a reference time slot based on other media content; and

select one of the identical consecutive frames as a branded image based on the learned reference time slot,

wherein the media player module is to receive a request from the user to seek past the commercial and display the branded image on a display during performance of the requested seek past the commercial.

2. The media consumption device of claim 1 , wherein to select the one of the identical consecutive frames from the commercial based on the reference time slot comprises to:

identify the end of the commercial, and

select a frame of the commercial that occurs at a reference point in time prior to the end of the commercial.

3. The media consumption device of claim 1 , wherein to:

analyze the commercial to identify the consecutive frames of the commercial comprises to analyze the commercial for a logo or phrase associated with a product or service advertised in the commercial, and

display the branded image comprises to display the logo or phrase during performance of the requested seeking past the commercial.

4. The media consumption device of claim 1 , wherein to analyze the commercial to identify the consecutive frames of the commercial comprises to identify a logo or phrase associated with a product or service advertised in the commercial based on a set of policy rules, wherein the set of policy rules includes the identified logo or phrase.

5. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, causes a media consumption device to:

play media content including a commercial;

receive a request to seek past the commercial from a user of the media consumption device;

analyze the commercial to identify identical consecutive frames of the commercial;

learn a reference time slot based on other media content

select one of the identical consecutive frames as a branded image based on the learned reference time slot; and

display the branded image on a display while performing the requested seeking past the commercial.

6. The machine readable storage media of claim 5 , wherein to select the one of the identical consecutive frames from the commercial based on the reference time slot comprises to:

identify the end of the commercial, and

select a frame of the commercial that occurs at a reference point in time prior to the end of the commercial.

7. The machine readable storage media of claim 5 , wherein to:

analyze the commercial to identify the consecutive frames of the commercial comprises to analyze the commercial for a logo or phrase associated with product or service advertised in the commercial, and

display the branded image comprises to display the logo or phrase while performing the requested seeking past the commercial.

8. The machine readable storage media of claim 5 , wherein to analyze the commercial to identify the consecutive frames of the commercial comprises to identify a logo or phrase associated with a product or service advertised in the commercial based on a set of policy rules, wherein the set of policy rules includes the identified logo or phrase.

9. A method for presenting an advertisement on a media consumption device, the method comprising:

playing, by a media consumption device, media content including a commercial;

receiving, by the media consumption device, a request to seek past the commercial from a user of the media consumption device;

analyzing, by the media consumption device, the commercial to identify identical consecutive frames of the commercial;

learning, by the media consumption device, a reference time slot based on other media content

selecting, by the media consumption device, one of the identical consecutive frames as a branded image based on the learned reference time slot; and

displaying, by the media consumption device, the branded image on a display while performing the requested seeking past the commercial.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the one of the identical consecutive frames from the commercial based on the reference time slot comprises:

identifying the end of the commercial, and

selecting a frame of the commercial that occurs at a reference point in time prior to the end of the commercial.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

analyzing the commercial to identify the consecutive frames of the commercial comprises analyzing the commercial for a logo or phrase associated with product or service advertised in the commercial, and

displaying the branded image comprises displaying the logo or phrase while performing the requested seeking past the commercial.

12. A media content distribution system to deliver media content to a media consumption device, the media content distribution system comprising:

an advertisement determination module to (i) analyze a commercial to identify identical consecutive frames of the commercial, (ii) learn a reference time slot based on other media content, (iii) select one of the identical consecutive frames as a branded image based on the learned reference time slot, (iv) embed the commercial in media content, and (v) associate the extracted branded image with the embedded commercial; and

a communication module to transmit the media content, including the commercial and the branded image, to the media consumption device in response to receipt of a request for the media content.

13. The media consumption device of claim 4 , where to identify the logo or phrase associated with the product or service advertised in the commercial based on the set of policy rules comprises to identify a phrase associated with the product or service advertised in the commercial based on the set of policy rules, wherein the set of policy rules includes the identified phrase.