System and method of recording programs of favorite channels
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBrian Daigle, Nicholas Hill
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Abstract
A method includes automatically recording a plurality of programs associated with a favorite channel including creating a recording entry for at least one program of the plurality of programs. The recording entry includes information indicating a starting position of a recording of the at least one program and a storage location corresponding to the recording. The method includes, in response to receiving a request to display a particular program, sending a recording of the particular program to a device for presentation. The particular program is automatically presented at the starting position indicated by a particular recording entry that corresponds to the particular program.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- automatically recording at a storage a plurality of programs associated with a set of favorite channels, wherein the plurality of programs include a first program of a first channel of the set and a second program of a second channel of the set;
- automatically creating a first recording entry associated with the first program, wherein the first recording entry includes information indicating a starting position of a recording of the first program and a storage location corresponding to the recording, wherein the starting position corresponds to a beginning of the first program;
- sending, to a display device, a first display window to play content of the first program and a second display window to play content of the second program;
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- sending, to the display device, a modified first display window that includes a start of program option, wherein the first program is automatically replayed from the starting position in response to receiving a selection of the start of program option.
A method comprising:
- automatically recording, at a network server, a plurality of programs associated with a set of favorite channels, wherein the plurality of programs include a first program of a first channel of the set and a second program of a second channel of the set;
- automatically creating a first recording entry associated with the first program, wherein the first recording entry includes information indicating a starting position of a recording of the first program, wherein the starting position corresponds to a beginning of the first program;
- sending, to a media device, a first display window to play content of the first program and a second display window to play content of the second program;
- sending a modified first display window that includes a start of program option to the media device;
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- in response to receiving a selection of the start of program option, sending, from the network server, the first program to the media device for replay from the starting position.
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory accessible to the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- automatically recording a plurality of programs associated with a set of favorite channels, wherein the plurality of programs include a first program of a first channel of the set and a second program of a second channel of the set;
- automatically creating a first recording entry associated with the first program, wherein the first recording entry includes information indicating a starting position of a recording of the first program, wherein the starting position corresponds to a beginning of the first program;
- sending, to a display device, a first display window to play content of the first program and a second display window to play content of the second program;
- sending a modified first display window that includes a start of program option to the display device;
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- in response to receiving a selection of the start of program option, sending the first program to the display device for replay from the starting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.