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US 9,177,606 B2Granted
Multi-program playback status display
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorMorgan Kirby
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Abstract
Various arrangements are described that may cause a recording of a television channel to be stored. The recording of the television channel may include a plurality of television programs. A graphical playback status element may be displayed via a display device. The graphical playback status element may indicate a start point for each television program of the plurality of television programs within the recording of the television channel.
Claims20
A system for managing playback of stored television programs, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- cause a plurality of recordings of television channels to be recorded, wherein each recording of the plurality of recordings of the television channels comprises a plurality of television programs;
- cause a plurality of channel-specific identifiers to be presented via a display device such that the plurality of channel-specific identifiers are presented simultaneously, wherein each channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers represents the television channel from which one of the plurality of recordings was recorded;
- simultaneously with presentation of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, cause a graphical playback status element for a recording of a television channel from the plurality of recordings of television channels to be presented aligned with a channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, the graphical playback status element comprising:
- a start point for a television program of the plurality of television programs within the recording of the television channel, wherein:
- the channel-specific identifier represents the television channel from which the recording of the television channel was recorded.
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A method for managing playback of stored television programs, the method comprising:
- recording, by a television receiver, a plurality of recordings of television channels, wherein each recording of the plurality of recordings of the television channels comprises a plurality of television programs;
- outputting, by the television receiver, a plurality of channel-specific identifiers to be presented via a display device such that the plurality of channel-specific identifiers are presented simultaneously, wherein each channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers represents the television channel from which one of the plurality of recordings was recorded;
- simultaneously with presentation of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, outputting, by the television receiver, a graphical playback status element for a recording of a television channel from the plurality of recordings of television channels to be presented aligned with a channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, the graphical playback status element comprising:
- a start point for a television program of the plurality of television programs within the recording of the television channel, wherein:
- the channel-specific identifier represents the television channel from which the recording of the television channel was recorded.
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A non-transitory processor-readable medium for managing playback of stored television programs comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
- cause a plurality of recordings of television channels to be recorded, wherein each recording of the plurality of recordings of the television channels comprises a plurality of television programs;
- cause a plurality of channel-specific identifiers to be presented via a display device such that the plurality of channel-specific identifiers are presented simultaneously, wherein each channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers represents the television channel from which one of the plurality of recordings was recorded;
- simultaneously with presentation of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, cause a graphical playback status element for a recording of a television channel from the plurality of recordings of television channels to be presented aligned with a channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, the graphical playback status element comprising:
- a start point for a television program of the plurality of television programs within the recording of the television channel, wherein:
- the channel-specific identifier represents the television channel from which the recording of the television channel was recorded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.