Television program guide with a digital storage device and a secondary storage device
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1. A method for transferring programs to a secondary storage device, the method comprising:
- using an interactive television program guide implemented on user television equipment to cause a first display in a display screen of at least one program listing related to at least one program;
using the interactive television program guide to enable a user to select a program listing from the at least one displayed program listing;
using the interactive television program guide to cause the program related to the selected program listing to be recorded on a digital storage device;
using the interactive television program guide to cause a second display in the display screen that includes at least one recorded program listing for at least one program recorded on the digital storage device, wherein the at least one recorded program listing includes a recorded program listing for the program recorded on the digital storage device;
using the interactive television program guide to enable the user to select the recorded program listing and to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device; and
using the interactive television program guide to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded program. The user may select a recorded program listing and the program guide will transfer the corresponding program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.
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1. A method for transferring programs to a secondary storage device, the method comprising:
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using an interactive television program guide implemented on user television equipment to cause a first display in a display screen of at least one program listing related to at least one program;
using the interactive television program guide to enable a user to select a program listing from the at least one displayed program listing;
using the interactive television program guide to cause the program related to the selected program listing to be recorded on a digital storage device;
using the interactive television program guide to cause a second display in the display screen that includes at least one recorded program listing for at least one program recorded on the digital storage device, wherein the at least one recorded program listing includes a recorded program listing for the program recorded on the digital storage device;
using the interactive television program guide to enable the user to select the recorded program listing and to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device; and
using the interactive television program guide to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for transferring recorded programs, the system comprising:
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a display screen;
a digital storage device;
a secondary storage device; and
an interactive television program guide implemented at least partially on circuitry, wherein the interactive television program guide is programmed to;
display in the display screen at least one program listing related to at least one program;
allow a user to select a program listing related to the at least one displayed program listing;
record the program related to the selected program listing on the digital storage device;
display in the display screen at least one recorded program listing for at least one program recorded on the digital storage device, wherein the at least one recorded program listing includes a recorded program listing for the program recorded on the digital storage device;
allow the user to select the recorded program listing to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to the secondary storage device; and
transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to the secondary storage device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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