ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH DIGITAL STORAGE
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.
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125 Claims
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1-105. -105. (canceled)
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106. A method of playing back segments of a stored program using user equipment, comprising:
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receiving a user selection, from a program guide, of a program for storage on a digital storage device; storing the program on the digital storage device; receiving a user definition of segments of the stored program, wherein receiving the user definition comprises the steps of; receiving a user selection of at least one portion of the stored program; and defining a playback sequence comprising segments of the program stored on the digital storage device, wherein the playback sequence does not include the at least one portion of the stored program, and wherein the playback sequence specifies an order in which the segments of the program will be played back with associated data by the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A user system that provides means for playing back segments of programs using user equipment, comprising:
control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection, from a program guide, of a program for storage on a digital storage device; store the program on the digital storage device; and receive a user definition of segments of the stored program, wherein the receiving comprises; receiving a user selection of at least one portion of the stored program; and defining a playback sequence comprising segments of programs stored on the digital storage device, wherein the playback sequence does not include the at least one portion of the stored program, and wherein the playback sequence specifies an order in which the segments of the stored program will be played back with associated data by the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125)
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