SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CUT-OFFS IN PROGRAM RECORDING
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Abstract
A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in the start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by for example, selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start or end times based on time change information that is displayed. For an automatic mode, the recording system may automatically compensate for predicted or actual time changes that are known by automatically adjusting the start and end times of recording.
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58. A method for use in a recording system for reducing cut-offs when programs are recorded, the method comprising:
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receiving at the user equipment a user selection of a first program to record; predicting by the user equipment a first time change associated with the selected first program by retrieving from memory a second time change associated with a second program, wherein the selected first program is of a program type similar to a program type of the second program; and recording by the user equipment the selected first program to compensate for a time change based on the predicted first time change. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 94, 106, 108)
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76. User recording equipment that reduces cut-offs when programs are recorded, the user recording equipment comprising:
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control circuitry that is configured to; receive a user selection of a first program to record; and predict a first time change associated with the selected first program by retrieving from memory a second time change associated with a second program, wherein the selected first program is of a program type similar to a program type of the second program; and a media recording device that is responsive to the control circuitry and that is configured to record the selected first program to compensate for a time change based on the predicted first time change. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109)
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