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Cycling of recording states for program selections during video recording conflict resolution

  • US 20060037048A1
  • Filed: 09/22/2004
  • Published: 02/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a home entertainment system that includes a recording device configured to automatically record scheduled television programs, a method of cycling through available recording options for resolving conflicts between programs with, coinciding broadcast times, the system configured to ensure that a user is able to cycle state for each of available recording options in succession, the method comprising acts of:

  • identifying that a conflict exists between a plurality of programs based on coinciding broadcast times for portions of the plurality of programs;

    storing initial state information for the plurality of programs that indicates which of the plurality of programs are initially enabled and disabled for recording;

    receiving user input that changes state of a first program from a disabled state to an enabled state;

    in response to the user input that changes state of the first program, automatically changing state of a second program of the plurality of programs from an enabled state to a disabled state;

    receiving user input that changes the state of the second program from a disabled state to an enabled state;

    based on the initial state information, automatically changing state for a third program of the plurality of programs from an enabled state to a disabled state.

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