Time- and location-driven personalized TV
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1. A method of enabling a user to access content, the method comprising:
- identifying by a user a device to which a plurality of contents will be broadcasted and the device having an associated user interface for locally controlling the device;
selecting by the user a future broadcasted content from the plurality of contents;
setting up the device to record the content when the content is broadcasted to the device; and
wherein the selecting and the identifying are done over the Internet via a web site different from the local user interface.
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Abstract
A server system enables a subscriber to select a specific broadcast program for recording and a specific location and time frame for play-out of the recorded program.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a user to access content, the method comprising:
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identifying by a user a device to which a plurality of contents will be broadcasted and the device having an associated user interface for locally controlling the device;
selecting by the user a future broadcasted content from the plurality of contents;
setting up the device to record the content when the content is broadcasted to the device; and
wherein the selecting and the identifying are done over the Internet via a web site different from the local user interface.
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2. A method of enabling a user to access content, the method comprising:
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providing user access to a server via a web site on the Internet;
enabling identifying on the web site a device of the user to which a plurality of contents will be broadcasted;
selecting by the user a future broadcasted content from the plurality of contents;
setting up the device by the server through a connection from the server to the device to record the future broadcasted content.
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3. A system comprising:
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a server on the Internet accessible to a user via a web site;
a device accessible by the server;
wherein,the server is configured to receive input from the user via the web site, the input including a selection of a content from a plurality of contents that will be broadcasted to the device and a request to record the content and in response to the input, the server is configured to set up the device to record a future broadcast of the content. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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