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Managing record events

  • US 20030204848A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2002
  • Published: 10/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system that includes tuner resources, wherein tuner resources are required to perform record events in the system and wherein one or more record events are scheduled to record, a method for managing the record events such that the events are recorded according to their priority, the method comprising:

  • maintaining a record event list with a priority manager, wherein the record event list includes one or more record events that each have a different priority;

    scheduling a new event that creates a conflict with at least one other event that is already included in the record event list;

    assigning a priority to the new event such that the conflict is resolved as the new event is scheduled, wherein the priority is received from a user; and

    performing the events in the record event list that have the highest priority when a conflict arises between events that the user is unable to resolve.

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