System and method of recording television content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsScott White, James Cansler
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Abstract
A method of recording television content is disclosed and includes receiving one or more television program search criteria from a set-top box device at a recurrent searching system. The method also includes storing the one or more search criteria at the recurrent searching system. Further, the method includes performing a first search of electronic program guide (EPG) data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the television program search criteria and performing at least one additional search of EPG data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the television program search criteria after the first search.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of a recurrent searching system, search criteria associated with content;
- storing, by the processor, the search criteria at a first memory of the recurrent searching system;
- performing, by the processor, a first search of first electronic program guide data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the search criteria;
- responsive to a match being found and a lapse of a period of time having elapsed when no match was found:
- performing a second search of the first electronic program guide data based on the search criteria after the first search, wherein the second search is not triggered by an update to the first electronic program guide data, and wherein the first electronic program guide data is updated based on scheduling of television programs;
- and
- providing instructions to a mobile device to perform a third search of second electronic program guide data stored at a second memory that is accessible to the mobile device, wherein the second memory is remote from the mobile device.
A set top box device, comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:
- accessing user input information;
- determining search criteria based on the user input information;
- sending the search criteria to a recurrent searching system via a network;
- receiving a first command from the recurrent searching system to perform a first search of first electronic program guide data accessible to the set top box device based on the search criteria;
- and
- receiving a second command from the recurrent searching system to perform a second search of the first electronic program guide data accessible to the set top box device based on the search criteria, wherein the second search is performed in response to a match being found and, when a match is not found, a lapse of a time period, and is not triggered by an update to the first electronic program guide data, wherein the first electronic program guide data is updated based on scheduling of television programs, and wherein the sending of the search criteria to the recurrent searching system causes the recurrent searching system to perform a third search of second electronic program guide data stored at the recurrent searching system based on the search criteria.
A machine-readable storage device, comprising instructions, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, a processor of a mobile device performs operations comprising:
- receiving user input at the mobile device;
- generating search criteria associated with content based on the user input;
- providing the search criteria to a recurrent searching system for storage at a first memory of the recurrent searching system and to cause the recurrent searching system to perform a first search of first electronic program guide data accessible to the recurrent searching system based on the search criteria, wherein responsive to a lapse of a time period taking place when no match was found and when a match was found, a second search of the first electronic program guide data is performed by the recurrent search system based on the search criteria after the first search, wherein the second search is not being performed in response to an update to the first electronic program guide data, and wherein the first electronic program guide data is updated based on scheduling of television programs;
- receiving instructions to perform a third search of second electronic program guide data stored at a second memory that is accessible to the mobile device;
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- performing the third search of the second electronic program guide data responsive to the receiving of the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.