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AssigneeRovi Technologies Corporation
InventorsRonald Quan, John F. Cloutman
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Data for a programming guide or other type of media guidance application of the type associated with video, such as television Electronic Programming Guides (EPG) or Interactive Programming Guides (IPG), is transported via a digital delivery network such as the Internet to a video receiving or storage device such as a personal video recorder (PVR). The receiving device extracts one or more signals from the media guidance application data for a purpose such as programming of control signals. The receiving device thereby reads or interprets control signals derived from the programming guide data provided via the digital delivery network so as to control subsequent recording (or other storage) of the video programs or other video content assets associated with the media guidance application data.
Apparatus for programming, enabling or disabling a content control signal derived from a metadata or a media guidance application data signal, comprising:
A method of controlling a digital video storage device, comprising the acts of:
A method of providing a content control indication in a video signal output from a video receiver apparatus, comprising the acts of:
Apparatus to provide a content control indication in a video output signal, comprising:
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