PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interactive television system for recording television programming. The interactive television system may include components for providing personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, such as an interactive television program guide (IPG), PVR extensions, PVR application programming interfaces (APIs), a PVR device, any suitable hardware or software, or a combination thereof. These components may be implemented in, for example, an arrangement having an integrated PVR-compliant device with a PVR device, or in an arrangement having a PVR-compliant device (e.g., a set-top box) coupled to PVR equipment (e.g., a remote PVR server or a PVR sidecar) with a PVR device. The PVR-compliant device may include software and hardware configured to implement the IPG. The PVR APIs may be a library of intelligent vendor-specific and vendor-independent APIs able to determine the type of PVR device being used. The PVR extensions and PVR APIs may be configured to provide a seamless integration of functionality associated with the PVR-compliant device and the PVR device. A full port of the IPG may be implemented in both the PVR-compliant device and the PVR device.
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71 Claims
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49. A method for allowing a personal video recorder compliant device to communicate with a personal recorder device, the method comprising:
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coupling the personal video recorder device to the personal video recorder compliant device; detecting the personal video recorder device being coupled; determining the type of personal video recorder device being used based on information received from the personal video recorder device; and establishing communications between the personal video recorder device and the personal video recorder compliant device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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68. A machine readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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coupling a personal video recorder device to a personal video recorder compliant device; detecting the personal video recorder device being coupled; determining the type of personal video recorder device being used based on information received from the personal video recorder device; and establishing communications between the personal video recorder device and the personal video recorder compliant device.
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69. (canceled)
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71. An interactive television system for providing a user with the ability to record television programming, the system comprising:
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means for coupling a personal video recorder device to a personal video recorder compliant device; means for detecting the personal video recorder device being coupled; means for determining the type of personal video recorder device being used based on information received from the personal video recorder device; and means for establishing communications between the personal video recorder device and the personal video recorder compliant device.
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