Virtual discovery of content available to a device
First Claim
1. In a system including a device that receives content from one or more data stream sources, a method for discovering content in the data streams, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more data streams from at least one content source, wherein the one or more data streams includes digital content;
selecting one or more channels in the one or more data streams based on preferences of a user of the device; and
recording the selected one or more channels in a memory of a device.
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Abstract
Discovering content on data streams available to a device such as a satellite radio. A satellite radio may be able to receive channels from a satellite network as well as over an IP-based network. The device can be configured to tune multiple channels selected from the channels available to the device over these networks based on the user'"'"'s preferences. The user preferences can be compared to at least the metadata of the channels available to the device in order to identify the channels that best match the user'"'"'s preferences. The channels identified in this manner are then tuned and recorded on the device. A user may then be notified of the recorded content.
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20 Claims
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1. In a system including a device that receives content from one or more data stream sources, a method for discovering content in the data streams, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more data streams from at least one content source, wherein the one or more data streams includes digital content;
selecting one or more channels in the one or more data streams based on preferences of a user of the device; and
recording the selected one or more channels in a memory of a device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a system including a device that receives multiple channels from one or more sources, a method for discovering content on the channels, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more data streams, wherein at least one data stream includes one or more channels broadcast over a satellite network, each channel having content;
processing the one or more channels based at least on preferences of a user of the device to discover content that at least partially matches the preferences; and
recording selected channels that at least partially match the preferences. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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