System and method for providing video program information or video program content to a user

In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display, a method for providing program information to the user comprising:

• providing a controller for receiving an input signal representing a request for summary information concerning a video program, the program having a beginning and the input signal being generated at a time during a broadcast of the program, and for providing via the display a summary of the program from the program beginning to the input signal time in response to receipt of the input signal.

In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display, a system for providing a copy of at least a portion of the program to the user comprising:

• a controller for monitoring a period of time during which the display is tuned to a broadcast of a video program, the period starting during the broadcast of the program, and for use in providing via the display a copy of at least a portion of the program when the period exceeds a predetermined threshold time;
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• a storage medium for use in storing the copy of at least a portion of the program.

In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display, a method for providing a copy of at least a portion of the program to the user comprising:

• providing a controller for monitoring a period of time during which the display is tuned to a broadcast of a video program, the period starting during the broadcast of the program, and for use in providing via the display a copy of at least a portion of the program when the period exceeds a predetermined threshold time.