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VIDEO TAPE INDEXING SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20090210906A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2009
  • Published: 08/20/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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