APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLOADING RECORDER PROGRAMMING DATA IN A VIDEO SIGNAL
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for controlling recording of video programs. In one embodiment an apparatus for controlling the recording of video programs includes a device for retrieving a recorder identifier and recorder programming data from a television signal received from a television signal source, a device for determining whether the retrieved recorder identifier matches a first identifier for the apparatus, a device for storing the recorder programming data, if the retrieved recorder identifier matches the first identifier for the apparatus, and a device for using the stored recorder programming data to control recording. The device for retrieving a recorder identifier and recorder programming data from a television signal includes a vertical blanking interval decoder.
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29. A method of converting program selection criteria into a set of recording data to control a recording of one or more programs, the method comprising:
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generating an identifier that is unique to at least one of a plurality of user terminals; providing the unique identifier and the program selection criteria to a representative located at a remote site; converting, at the remote site, the program selection criteria into the set of recording data, the set of recording data comprising broadcast times of the one or more programs; and inserting into a broadcast information signal at the remote site, the unique identifier and the set of recording data, wherein the set of recording data is used to control the recording of the one or more programs at the at least one of the plurality of user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for converting program selection criteria into a set of recording data to control a recording of one or more programs, the system comprising:
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a generator for generating an identifier that is unique to at least one of a plurality of user terminals; a remote site operative to communicate with the at least one of the plurality of user terminals and operative to; receive the unique identifier and the program selection criteria; convert the program selection criteria into the set of recording data, the set of recording data comprising broadcast times of the one or more programs; and insert into a broadcast information signal the unique identifier and the set of recording data, wherein the set of recording data is used to control the recording of the one or more programs at the at least one of the plurality of user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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