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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsZesen Chen, Peter Chou, Sean Chen, Brian Gonsalves
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Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system, and further including after the period of time, keeping recorded programming by request from at least one subscriber. And further wherein the request is for at least one television program contained in the recorded programming or for a time window for a particular channel. According to another embodiment a subscriber requests that broadcast programming be saved for the subscriber upstream from the subscriber in a television distribution system, and wherein the subscriber may request the programming be saved for later viewing by the subscriber between the time the programming was broadcast and a later point in time.
A set-top box device, comprising a memory coupled to a processor, wherein the memory comprises computer instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
A method, comprising:
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