Video tape indexing system and method
AssigneeIndex Systems, Inc.
InventorsHenry C. Yuen, Wing P. Leung
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Abstract
A video tape indexing system in which program broadcast identification information is entered into the system for use in recording the program. When the program is recorded, the system stores indexing information in an index memory. The system monitors a broadcast channel for electronic program guide information that includes titles and usually channel, date, time and length for the titles. The system matches the channel, date, time and length information from the broadcast channel with the identification information entered for the program to be recorded. The title in the broadcast channel associated with the channel, date, time and length information is then associated with the indexing information for the program.
Claims16
A method for selectively storing program data relating to programs a user selects to record, comprising:
- receiving identifying information associated with at least one program that the user selects to record;
- storing the received identifying information in a memory;
- receiving program data transmitted from a remote location associated with a set of televised programs, wherein the stored identifying information is a subset of the received program data;
- comparing the stored identifying information with the received program data;
- and
- in response to determining that at least a portion of the stored identifying information matches a portion of the received program data associated with the at least one program that the user selects to record, storing the portion of the received program data, wherein the stored program data comprises information in addition to the stored identifying information associated with the at least one program.
A system for selectively storing program data relating to programs a user selects to record, comprising:
- a memory;
- a receiver configured to receive program data transmitted from a remote location associated with a set of televised programs;
- and
- a microprocessor in communication with the receiver and the memory, configured to
- receive and store in the memory identifying information associated with at least one program that the user selects to record, wherein the stored identifying information is a subset of the received program data,
- compare the stored identifying information with the received program data,
- determine that at least a portion of the stored identifying information matches a portion of the received program data associated with the at least one program that the user selects to record, and
- in response to the determination, store the portion of the received program data, wherein the stored program data comprises information in addition to the stored identifying information associated with the at least one program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.