RECORDING OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving user input identifying an entity;
receiving event data, the event data relating the entity to an event and independent of an electronic program guide, wherein the event data comprises a plurality of tags and each tag identifies a type of information provided by the event data; and
selecting a plurality of values of recording parameters based on the related event and the 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 comprising:
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receiving user input identifying an entity; receiving event data, the event data relating the entity to an event and independent of an electronic program guide, wherein the event data comprises a plurality of tags and each tag identifies a type of information provided by the event data; and selecting a plurality of values of recording parameters based on the related event and the electronic program guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a user interface; a recording component; an input component adapted to receive a program guide and event data, wherein the event data comprises a plurality of tags, wherein each tag identifies a type of information provided by the event data, and wherein the event data is independent of the program guide; and at least one processor for; receiving a designation of an entity through the user interface; merging the event data and the program guide; based on the merged data, identifying a plurality of values of recording parameters for controlling the recording component to record television programming displaying an event involving the entity; and controlling the recording component based on the identified values of the recording parameters. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A 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 event data, wherein the event data indicates progress of an event and the event data comprises a plurality of tags and each tag identifies a type of information provided by the event data; and dynamically adjusting values of recording parameters for the event based on the indicated progress of the event. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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