Digital video recorder having skip-to-interval-from-end button
First Claim
1. A user interface for a digital video recorder (DVR), the user interface comprising:
- a graphical button that is user-selectable to cause the DVR to skip to a particular point in a program recorded by the DVR, the particular point being at a particular time interval before an end of the program, the graphical button having a first textual label when a playback position of the DVR is at a beginning of the program, the graphical button having a second textual label when the playback position of the DVR is at the end of the program, wherein the first textual label differs from the second textual label.
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Abstract
A user interface for a digital video recorder (DVR) comprises a graphical button that is user-selectable to cause the DVR to skip to a particular point in a program recorded by the DVR. The particular point is at a particular time interval before an end of the program. If the particular point is untagged, the graphical button has a first label when a playback position of the DVR is at a beginning of the program and a second label when the playback position of the DVR is at the end of the program. The first label differs from the second label. If the particular point is tagged, e.g. by a content owner of the program, the graphical button has a third label that differs from the first and second labels.
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1. A user interface for a digital video recorder (DVR), the user interface comprising:
a graphical button that is user-selectable to cause the DVR to skip to a particular point in a program recorded by the DVR, the particular point being at a particular time interval before an end of the program, the graphical button having a first textual label when a playback position of the DVR is at a beginning of the program, the graphical button having a second textual label when the playback position of the DVR is at the end of the program, wherein the first textual label differs from the second textual label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user interface for a digital video recorder (DVR), the user interface comprising:
a graphical button that is user-selectable to cause the DVR to skip to a particular point in a program recorded by the DVR, the particular point at a particular time interval before an end of the program, the graphical button having a first textual label when a playback position of the DVR is before the particular point in the program, the graphical button having a second textual label when the playback position of the DVR is after the particular point in the program, wherein the first textual label differs from the second textual label. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A user interface for a digital video recorder (DVR), the user interface comprising:
a skip-to-reveal button that is user-selectable in connection with each of a plurality of programs recorded by the DVR to cause the DVR to skip to a respective reveal point, each of the plurality of programs having one and only one respective reveal point. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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