Managing Recording of Television Programs
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1. A method for managing the recording of television programs with a digital video recorder (DVR), the method comprising:
- downloading an electronic program guide (EPG) to the DVR;
providing a list identifying any previous-recorded program in the DVR that has since been deleted;
receiving a user selection of a first television program to record to the DVR;
identifying the first television program with a first program identifier from the EPG;
determining whether the first program identifier is included in the provided list; and
upon the determining that the first program identifier is included in the provided list, preventing a recording of the first television program to the DVR.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for providing consumers with intelligent management of their personal or digital video recorders (DVRs) to efficiently utilize the data storage medium therein for recording television programs. This is made possible by the creation of a permanent log of previous-recorded content on the DVR based on common, unique content identification or associated metadata, which then allows the consumers to better manage DVR recording of selected content.
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1. A method for managing the recording of television programs with a digital video recorder (DVR), the method comprising:
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downloading an electronic program guide (EPG) to the DVR; providing a list identifying any previous-recorded program in the DVR that has since been deleted; receiving a user selection of a first television program to record to the DVR; identifying the first television program with a first program identifier from the EPG; determining whether the first program identifier is included in the provided list; and upon the determining that the first program identifier is included in the provided list, preventing a recording of the first television program to the DVR. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13)
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7. A method for managing the recording of content with a content recorder, the method comprising:
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downloading an electronic guide of available content for recording to the content recorder; providing a list identifying any previously-recorded content in the content recorder; receiving a first user input of a first recording preference to record content in the content recorder; receiving a second user input of a second recording preference to record content in the content recorder, the second user input is based on the provided list; receiving a third user input of a first content for recording to the content recorder; identifying the first content with a first program identifier provided by the electronic guide for the first content; first determining whether the identified first content satisfies a first type of recording preference; and upon the first determining that the identified first content fails to satisfy the first recording preference, second determining whether the identified first content satisfies the second recording preference; and upon the second determining that the identified first content satisfies a second type of recording preference, setting the content recorder to record the identified first content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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