Extended recording time apparatus, systems, and methods
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorKerry Philip Miller
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Abstract
An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest,; records an advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest, and records a following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest.
Claims31
A method for recording programs, comprising:
- identifying a program selected for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest;
- recording an advance period associated with the program of interest, the advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest;
- and
- recording a following period associated with the program of interest, the following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest.
A system which records a program, comprising:
- a receiving device operable to receive a program of interest selected for recording;
- and
- a processor operable to compare at least one characteristic of a program selected for recording with a plurality of program characteristics, and in response to the characteristic of the program matching one of the plurality of database characteristics, is operable to control recording of at least an advance period associated with the program of interest that precedes a scheduled start time of the program of interest, and is operable to record a following period associated with the program of interest that follows a scheduled end time of the program of interest.
A method for recording programs, comprising:
- determining a first amount of memory capacity in a memory device for recording a selected program of interest;
- determining a second amount of memory capacity in the memory device for recording an advance period, the advance period associated with the program of interest and corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest;
- determining a third amount of memory capacity in the memory device for recording a following period, the following period associated with the program of interest corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest;
- determining an available memory capacity of the memory device in excess of the first amount of memory capacity for recording the program of interest;
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- recording the advance period and the following period when the available memory capacity is greater than the second amount of memory capacity and the third amount of memory capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.