US 10,708,539 B2Granted

Systems and methods for reducing cut-offs in program recording

AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.

InventorsMichael D. Ellis, David M. Berezowski

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Abstract

A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in the start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by for example, selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start or end times based on time change information that is displayed. For an automatic mode, the recording system may automatically compensate for predicted or actual time changes that are known by automatically adjusting the start and end times of recording.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method for indicating how copies are to be made of media assets subject to variations in scheduled broadcast times, the method comprising:

generating for display a plurality of media asset identifiers;
receiving a first user selection of a media asset identifier of the plurality of media asset identifiers prior to a scheduled broadcast period corresponding to the media asset identifier, the first user selection comprising a request to store a copy of a media asset transmitted from a source;
determining whether the media asset is subject to variations in broadcast times;
in response to determining that the media asset is subject to variations in broadcast times:
in response to determining that a manual recording mode is active, generating for display a menu comprising a selectable option for requesting the copy of the media asset be made by writing the broadcast transmission from the source to the memory during a modified broadcast period longer than the scheduled broadcast period;
and
in response to determining that an auto recording mode is active, generating for display a menu comprising a non-selectable option for requesting the copy of the media asset be made by writing the broadcast transmission from the source to the memory during the modified broadcast period, the non-selectable option being visually distinct from the selectable option.

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A system for indicating how copies are to be made of media assets subject to variations in scheduled broadcast times, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

generate for display a plurality of media asset identifiers;
receive a first user selection of a media asset identifier of the plurality of media asset identifiers prior to a scheduled broadcast period corresponding to the media asset identifier, the first user selection comprising a request to store a copy of a media asset transmitted from a source;
determine whether the media asset is subject to variations in broadcast times;
in response to determining that the media asset is subject to variations in broadcast times:
in response to determining that a manual recording mode is active, generate for display a menu comprising a selectable option for requesting the copy of the media asset be made by writing the broadcast transmission from the source to the memory during a modified broadcast period longer than the scheduled broadcast period;
and
in response to determining that an auto recording mode is active, generate for display a menu comprising a non-selectable option for requesting the copy of the media asset be made by writing the broadcast transmission from the source to the memory during the modified broadcast period, the non-selectable option being visually distinct from the selectable option.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/358,973Filed 22 Nov 2016 · continuation
Priority: 31 Mar 2000
Published: US 2017/0201713 A113 Jul 2017
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

H04N 5/781
Using magnetic recording: on disks or drums
H04N 5/782
Using magnetic recording: on tape
H04N 7/088
With signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only: the inserted signal being digital
H04N 21/4147
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: pVR [Personal Video Recorder]

Family

Application60/193,949Us provisional application · filed 31 Mar 2000
Application09/821,005Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Mar 2001
Application12/634,154Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Dec 2009
Application12/775,025Parent of this continuation · filed 6 May 2010
Application15/090,178Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Apr 2016
US 9,307,278 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Apr 2016
US 2017/0201713 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jul 2017
US 9,525,914 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2002/0054068 A1Published application
US 2010/0150528 A1Published application
US 2010/0215341 A1Published application
US 2016/0219334 A1Published application
US 10,708,539 B2This patent

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