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Personal preferred viewing using electronic program guide

  • US 20040078820A1
  • Filed: 10/14/2003
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing a preferred viewing library of programs, comprising:

  • searching electronic program guide data for a program satisfying a criterion;

    determining whether a program in the program guide satisfies the criterion;

    in the event a program in the program guide satisfies the criterion, scheduling to record the program at a predetermined time;

    monitoring the time and then determining whether the present time is the predetermined time;

    in the event the present time is the predetermined time, recording the program; and

    organizing the recorded program in a program library such that a user may select the program from the program library and view the recorded program at an appropriate time.

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