Reserved program record setting method and apparatus for a program preview

A program recording device for reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the device comprising:

• a memory to store program guide information associated with the upcoming program;
• a user interface to receive, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording;
• and
• a controller to reserve the upcoming program for future recording using the program guide information,
• wherein the program guide information is not stored in said memory until the user command is received, and
• the controller is not operable to reserve the upcoming program unless the user command is received during the broadcast of the program guide information.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to implement a method of reserved recording of the upcoming program while a program preview for an upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

• receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;
• receiving, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording;
• and
• reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information,
• wherein said reserving the upcoming program is only operable while the program preview is being broadcast.

A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

• receiving the program preview including program guide information associated with the upcoming program;
• displaying the program preview;
• receiving, during said displaying the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording while the program guide information is being received;
• and
• reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information without the program guide information being displayed.

A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

• receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;
• using a user input interface having user selection keys to generate a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording in accordance with a single action of one of the user selection keys being depressed to select and reserve the upcoming program;
• and
• reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to implement a method of reserved recording of the upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

• receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;
• receiving a user command from a user input interface having user selection keys, where the user input interface generates, during the broadcast of the program preview, the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording in accordance with a single action of one of the user selection keys being depressed to select and reserve the upcoming program;
• and
• reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information.

A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

• receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program, the program guide information being included with the program preview;
• receiving, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording;
• and
• reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information,
• wherein said reserving the upcoming program is only operable while the program preview is being broadcast.