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US 2009/0263101 A1Published application
Apparatus for Resolving Recording Timer Conflicts
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsDaniel L. Rudolph, Daniel J. Minnick, David A. Kummer, Wendell R. Blackman, Brent Tinker
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Abstract
Described herein are techniques for displaying conflicts between two or more recording timers. Recording conflicts are displayed graphically for the user to resolve.
Claims20
A recording device comprising:
- a storage device configured to store information regarding a first program to be recorded using a given channel selecting resource;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether a second program to be recorded requires the same channel selecting resource as the first program to be recorded;
- output a two dimensional grid of cells having a time axis representing show times and a timer axis representing timers for programs to be recorded;
- output a representation of a first timer for the first program within the two dimensional grid of cells, the representation of the first timer having a first graphical length along the time axis corresponding to a first temporal length of the first program to be recorded;
- and
- output a representation of a second timer for the second program within the two dimensional grid of cells, the representation of the second timer having a second graphical length along the time axis corresponding to a second temporal length of the second program to be recorded;
- the first timer and the second timer extending along at least a same portion of the time axis, illustrating a recording conflict between the first and second timers.
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A recording device comprising:
- a first tuner;
- a second tuner;
- a storage device configured to store information regarding a first program to be recorded using the first tuner and a second program to be recorded using the second tuner, the first program having a first duration and the second program having a second duration;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- identify a third program to be recorded using the second tuner, at least a portion of a third duration of the third program overlapping the second duration of the second program;
- identify a recording conflict between the second program and the third program;
- output a two dimensional grid of cells having a time axis representing show times and a tuner axis representing timers for programs to be recorded using given tuners;
- output a representation of a first timer for the first program within the two dimensional grid of cells, the representation of the first timer having a first graphical length along the time axis corresponding to a first temporal length of the first program to be recorded;
- output a representation of a second timer for the second program within the two dimensional grid of cells, the representation of the second timer having a second graphical length along the time axis corresponding to a second temporal length of the second program to be recorded;
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- output a representation of a third timer for the third program within the two dimensional grid of cells, the representation of the third timer having a third graphical length along the time axis corresponding to a third temporal length of the second program to be recorded, the second timer and the third timer extending along at least a same portion of the time axis, illustrating the recording conflict between the second and third timers.
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A recording device comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive first user input requesting to record a first program on a first channel, the first program associated with first packets;
- receive second user input requesting to record a second program on a second channel, at least a portion of a duration of the second program overlapping a duration of the first program, the second program associated with second packets;
- identify a recording conflict between the first program and the second program;
- identify that the first and second packets are multiplexed on a common carrier frequency;
- responsive to identifying that the first program and the second program are transmitted on the common carrier frequency, control the recording of the first and second packets by the storage device;
- reassemble the first packets related to the first program into a first data stream;
- and
- reassemble the second packets related to the second program into a second data stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.