Preference setting in a computer system
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Abstract
A profile of likelihoods of actions that will occur on a computer is stored. The computer may be likely to be off between time periods, e.g., between midnight and 7 am. Some action is taken relative to the actions that are likely to occur, before those actions actually happen.
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21 Claims
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1. -8. (canceled)
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9. A digital video recorder, comprising:
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a recording part that includes a computer device that records a video program and which allows watching the video program, allows pausing the video program during recording, and rewinding the video program during recording, said recording part storing data indicative of the video program on a memory device; and a detector, that detects an indication of activity, wherein said computer device operates to continually record during said indication of activity and automatically stops recording responsive to there being no indication of activity for a specified time period. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. -19. (canceled)
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20. A method comprising:
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during a first mode, continually recording an incoming video program; Allowing the continually recorded video to be played while recording and to be paused while recording; detecting an indication of activity on a device that is used to play the video; and based on said indication, changing a characteristic of the recording. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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