VIDEO TAPE INDEXING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an input that receives indications identifying a television program broadcast, including one or more of channel, start time, end time, date, day of the week and length;
video system recorder controller that provides commands to one or more of a video recorder and a tuner to record a television program according to one of the input indications;
an index memory for storing video tape identification and video tape index information and the identification indication for television programs recorded under control of the video system recorder controller;
a data receiver that receives data comprising titles, sets of television broadcast identifiers, each such set including one or more of channel, start time, end time, date, day of the week and length, and associations between a plurality of the titles and a plurality of the sets of television broadcast identifiers; and
wherein a title from the data receiver is stored, in the index memory, associated with the video tape identification and video tape index information and the identification indication associated with the title.
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Abstract
A video tape indexing system in which program broadcast identification information is entered into the system for use in recording the program. When the program is recorded, the system stores indexing information in an index memory. The system monitors a broadcast channel for electronic program guide information that includes titles and usually channel, date, time and length for the titles. The system matches the channel, date, time and length information from the broadcast channel with the identification information entered for the program to be recorded. The title in the broadcast channel associated with the channel, date, time and length information is then associated with the indexing information for the program.
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1 Claim
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1. A system comprising:
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an input that receives indications identifying a television program broadcast, including one or more of channel, start time, end time, date, day of the week and length; video system recorder controller that provides commands to one or more of a video recorder and a tuner to record a television program according to one of the input indications; an index memory for storing video tape identification and video tape index information and the identification indication for television programs recorded under control of the video system recorder controller; a data receiver that receives data comprising titles, sets of television broadcast identifiers, each such set including one or more of channel, start time, end time, date, day of the week and length, and associations between a plurality of the titles and a plurality of the sets of television broadcast identifiers; and wherein a title from the data receiver is stored, in the index memory, associated with the video tape identification and video tape index information and the identification indication associated with the title.
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