PROGRAM GUIDE WITH A DIGITAL STORAGE DEVICE
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded program. The user may select a recorded program listing and the program guide will transfer the corresponding program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.
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37 Claims
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23. A method of playing back a program using user equipment comprising:
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storing a program on a digital storage device, wherein the program includes an advertisement and program material; displaying one or more playback options, wherein one of the one or more playback options is a skip commercial playback option; and in response to the skip commercial playback option being selected, playing back the program materials and skipping the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of displaying program listings using user equipment comprising:
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receiving an indication that a user desires to view program listings based on a theme; and in response to receiving the indication; accessing stored program data associated with a stored program, wherein the stored program is stored on a digital storage device included in the user equipment; accessing broadcast program data associated with a broadcast program; and displaying program listings associated with the stored program data and the broadcast program data that match the theme. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of editing a recorded program using user equipment comprising:
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displaying a time bar indicator associated with the recorded program; receiving a user request to mark a position of the recorded program; in response to receiving the user request; marking the position of the recorded program; and displaying a marker in the time bar indicator, wherein the marker in the time bar indicator is associated with the position in the recorded program; and playing the recorded program from the position in response to a user indication to view a portion of the recorded program associated with the marker. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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