SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELETING VIEWED PORTIONS OF RECORDED PROGRAMS
First Claim
1. A method for deleting portions of recorded programs, the method comprising:
- receiving an instruction from a user to perform an action associated with a recorded program;
determining that a portion of the recorded program has been viewed;
determining the viewed portion of the recorded program; and
flagging a part of the viewed portion of the recorded program for deletion.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for deleting viewed portions of recorded programs. In one embodiment, a media guidance application may provide a list of recorded programs, where each recorded program in the list includes an indication of an amount of time that the recorded program has been viewed. From the list, a user may flag the viewed portions of one or more recorded programs for deletion. In some embodiments, the media guidance application may provide a delete prompt in response to a user command to pause or stop playback of a recorded program. The delete prompt may provide the user who is viewing the recorded program with the ability to choose to delete the portion of the program viewed thus far. For example, the delete prompt may prompt the user to delete a portion of the recorded program that starts at the beginning of the program and ends at substantially the position that the user stopped or paused the recorded program.
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61 Claims
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1. A method for deleting portions of recorded programs, the method comprising:
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receiving an instruction from a user to perform an action associated with a recorded program; determining that a portion of the recorded program has been viewed; determining the viewed portion of the recorded program; and flagging a part of the viewed portion of the recorded program for deletion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for deleting portions of recorded programs, the system comprising:
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a display device; a user input device; a storage device for storing recorded programs; and an interactive application implemented at least partially on user equipment and configured to; receive, from the user input device, an instruction from a user to perform an action associated with a recorded program; determine that a portion of a recorded program has been viewed; determine the viewed portion of the recorded program; and flag a part of the viewed portion of the recorded program for deletion. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61-90. -90. (canceled)
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