Content access
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Potrebic, Prashant K. Jha, Mark B. Tozer
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Abstract
Techniques are described to provide content access. In an implementation, a determination is made at a client that a high-definition channel has content that matches content provided by a standard-definition channel. Access is provided to the content via the high-definition channel and access is restricted to the content via the standard-definition channel up the client is capable of outputting the content and high definition.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- determining at a client that a high-definition channel has content that matches content provided by a standard-definition channel;
- and
- providing access to the content via the high-definition channel and restricting access to the content via the standard-definition channel if the client is capable of outputting the content in high definition.
A method comprising:
- determining that a client has access to matching content from a plurality of different sources;
- configuring an electronic program guide to include a single representation of the matching content;
- and
- managing which of the plurality of different sources is to be used to obtain the matching content in response to a selection of the single representation.
One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable at a client to output an electronic program guide having a mode such that when a representation of a television program is selected for recording a television series that includes the television program is automatically selected for recording when in the mode.
One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a client device to output an electronic program guide having an option that is selectable to display representations of content that are available via one or more channels grouped using one or more characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.