Systems and methods of recording time offset for video recording devices and services
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorRobert Clark Whitten
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for recording time offset for video recording devices and services including receiving a request to record a program, wherein the program is associated with show schedule information including a start time and a channel identifier, determining that the channel identifier is associated with at least one offset value, calculating an offset start time based at least in part on the start time and the offset value, and storing a scheduled record time for the program using the offset value.
Claims20
A method of providing a channel based recording offset value, comprising:
- receiving a request to record a show, wherein the show is associated with content information including a show schedule information and a channel identifier;
- automatically retrieving, by a processor, at least one offset value associated with the channel identifier from values stored in a memory;
- calculating an adjusted recording time based at least in part on the show schedule information and the at least one offset value;
- and
- scheduling a recording of the show at the adjusted recording time.
A system for providing a recording offset, comprising:
- at least one memory operable to store computer-executable instructions;
- at least one communications interface to access the at least one memory;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory via the at least one communications interface and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- receive a request to record a content item, wherein the content item is associated with show schedule information including a start time, a duration, and a channel identifier;
- determine a channel group associated with the channel identifier;
- retrieve a first offset delta value associated with the channel group from values stored in a memory;
- calculate an adjusted start time based at least in part on the start time and the first offset delta value;
- and
- schedule a record time for the content item at the adjusted start time.
A method for providing an offset value when scheduling a recording, comprising:
- receiving a request to record a content item, wherein the content item is associated with show schedule information including a start time, a duration, and a channel identifier;
- determining a channel group associated with a channel identifier of the content item;
- automatically retrieving, by a processor, a first offset period associated with the channel group from values stored in a memory;
- calculating an offset start time based at least in part on the content item start time and the first offset period of the channel group;
- and
- scheduling the recording of the content item to begin at the offset start time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.