Program guide with a digital storage device
AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.
InventorsJoel G. Hassell, Edward B. Knudson, L. Joe Hedges, Michael D. Ellis, David M. Berezowski
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded program. The user may select a recorded program listing and the program guide will transfer the corresponding program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.
Claims24
1-23. (canceled)
A method of playing back a program using user equipment comprising:
- storing a program on a digital storage device, wherein the program includes an advertisement and program material;
- displaying one or more playback options, wherein one of the one or more playback options is a skip commercial playback option;
- and
- in response to the skip commercial playback option being selected, playing back the program materials and skipping the advertisement.
A method of displaying program listings using user equipment comprising:
- receiving an indication that a user desires to view program listings based on a theme;
- and
- in response to receiving the indication:
- accessing stored program data associated with a stored program, wherein the stored program is stored on a digital storage device included in the user equipment;
- accessing broadcast program data associated with a broadcast program;
- and
- displaying program listings associated with the stored program data and the broadcast program data that match the theme.
A method of determining that a program has been viewed using user equipment comprising:
- storing a program on a digital storage device;
- associating metadata with the program;
- in response to a user playing back the program from the digital storage device, updating the metadata associated with the program;
- and
- utilizing the updated metadata.
A method of storing program data using user equipment, comprising:
- receiving program data from a data source, wherein the program data is associated with a program;
- generating a program listing information screen using the program data;
- displaying the program listing information screen, wherein the program listing information screen includes user-editable fields;
- in response to receiving in the user-editable fields additional information that a user desires to associate with the program, generating additional program data based on the additional information;
- associating the additional program data with the program;
- and
- storing the additional program data.
A method of editing a recorded program using user equipment comprising:
- displaying a time bar indicator associated with the recorded program;
- receiving a user request to mark a position of the recorded program;
- in response to receiving the user request:
- marking the position of the recorded program;
- and
- displaying a marker in the time bar indicator, wherein the marker in the time bar indicator is associated with the position in the recorded program;
- and
- playing the recorded program from the position in response to a user indication to view a portion of the recorded program associated with the marker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.