RECORDING OF SPORTS RELATED TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
First Claim
1. A method of operating a recording system, the method comprising:
- receiving user input identifying a sports entity;
receiving sports data, the data relating the sports entity to a sporting event; and
selecting values of recording parameters based on the related sporting event and an electronic program guide.
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Abstract
A video recording system that controls recording of television programming relating to sporting events to better match the intent of a user who specified programming for recording. The system merges data from an electronic program guide and sports data, such as from a news feed, to determine values of recording parameters, such as start and stop time and channel. User input may specify a player, team, league or other sports entity for which sporting events are to be recorded. The system may use the sports data to identify sporting events involving the specified sports entity and then access an electronic program guide to determine a channel on which to record the sporting events. When the user specifies a sporting event to record, sports data may be used to track progress of the event and dynamically adjust an ending time of the recording to ensure that the full event is recorded.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a recording system, the method comprising:
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receiving user input identifying a sports entity; receiving sports data, the data relating the sports entity to a sporting event; and selecting values of recording parameters based on the related sporting event and an electronic program guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A television recording system, comprising:
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a user interface; a recording component; an input component adapted to receive a program guide and sports data; at least one processor for; receiving a designation of a sporting event through the user interface; merging the sports data and the program guide; based on the merged data, identifying values of recording parameters for controlling the recording component to record television programming displaying a sporting event involving the sports entity; and controlling the recording component based on the identified values of the recording parameters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
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receiving a feed of sports data, the sports data indicates progress of a sporting event; and dynamically adjusting values of recording parameters for the sporting event based on the indicated progress of the sporting event. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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