Extra margins for record time interval via EPG
First Claim
1. A system for recording a program, the system comprising:
- an input device (10a, 10b, 610) for inputting a start and stop time (1, 2) for recording, said start and stop time (1, 2) defining a recording time interval (5);
a margin setting device (60) for modifying said recording time interval (5) by adding an amount of time (6, 7) to said recording time interval (5);
a recording device for recording a broadcast program on a storage medium during said modified recording time interval (5).
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer-readable medium which reduce the occurrence of incomplete recordings of television programs by video cassette recorders (VCR) (130), or other types of video recorders, by adding margins (6, 7) to the programmed start and end times (1, 2) of the recording. The margins (6, 7) cause the recording to start earlier than the programmed start time (1) by a specified amount of time (ΔTB), and to stop later than the programmed stop time by another specified amount of time (ΔTE). Therefore, when a television program starts a few minutes earlier, or ends a few minutes later than scheduled, the present invention helps ensure that the entire television program will be recorded by the video recorder, despite the fact that the video recorder was programmed in accordance with to the scheduled times (1, 2).
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10 Claims
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1. A system for recording a program, the system comprising:
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an input device (10a, 10b, 610) for inputting a start and stop time (1, 2) for recording, said start and stop time (1, 2) defining a recording time interval (5);
a margin setting device (60) for modifying said recording time interval (5) by adding an amount of time (6, 7) to said recording time interval (5);
a recording device for recording a broadcast program on a storage medium during said modified recording time interval (5). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of recording a program, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting a start and stop time (1, 2) for recording, said start and stop time (1, 2) defining a recording time interval (5);
modifying said recording time interval (5) by adding an amount of time (6, 7) to said recording time interval (5);
recording on a storage medium a broadcast program during said modified recording time interval (5).
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10. A computer-readable medium including instructions to be executed by a computer, said medium comprising:
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instructions for inputting a start and stop time (1, 2) for recording, said start and stop time (1, 2) defining a recording time interval (5);
instructions for modifying said recording time interval (5) by adding an amount of time (6, 7) to said recording time interval (5); and
instructions for automatically programming a video recorder to record on a storage medium a broadcast program during said modified recording time interval (5).
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