System and method to facilitate selection and programming of an associated audio/visual system
First Claim
1. A system to facilitate selection of at least one of an audio and visual program, comprising:
- a first computer operative to connect to a second computer for filtering through a plurality of at least one of audio and visual programs based on selection criteria to provide a filtered representation of programs;
wherein a program from the filtered representation of programs is selectable at the first computer so as to cause a token indicative of the selected program to be assigned to a recipient, the token comprises an XML formatted packet of data with a schema that identifies the selected program to enable the recipient to program a recording system to record the program represented by the token in response to receiving the token by converting the token into scheduling data based in part on at least one of stored profile data of the recording system and program information, the scheduling data is in a format usable by the recording system.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate selection and programming of at least one of audio and visual program are disclosed. A first computer is operative to connect to a second computer for filtering through a plurality of audio and/or visual programs based on selection criteria to provide a filtered representation of programs. A program from the filtered representation of programs may be selected at the first computer so as to cause a token indicative of the selected program to be assigned to a recipient operative to receive the token. The recipient may be a user at the first computer, a third computer, or an entertainment appliance. The token represents the selected program with sufficient particularity to program an entertainment system based on the token to record the program represented by the token.
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34 Claims
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1. A system to facilitate selection of at least one of an audio and visual program, comprising:
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a first computer operative to connect to a second computer for filtering through a plurality of at least one of audio and visual programs based on selection criteria to provide a filtered representation of programs; wherein a program from the filtered representation of programs is selectable at the first computer so as to cause a token indicative of the selected program to be assigned to a recipient, the token comprises an XML formatted packet of data with a schema that identifies the selected program to enable the recipient to program a recording system to record the program represented by the token in response to receiving the token by converting the token into scheduling data based in part on at least one of stored profile data of the recording system and program information, the scheduling data is in a format usable by the recording system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system to facilitate selection of at least one of an audio and visual program, comprising:
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a first computer programmed to provide a first signal to a second computer for instructing the second computer to sort through information related to a plurality of at least one of audio and visual programs, the first computer receiving a second signal from the second computer indicative of a filtered representation of programs, the first computer being operative to provide a third signal to the second computer for causing a message having an associated token to be assigned to a recipient; wherein the token is a packet of data with a schema that comprises at least a globally unique identifier that identifies at least one of an audio and visual program of the filtered representation of programs so as to enable the recipient thereof to program a recording system based on the associated token to record the program identified by the token by translating the token into scheduling data based in part on at least one of stored profile data of the recording system and program information with a format usable by the recording system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps comprising:
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filtering through information at a server system in response to a request from a remote computer to provide a filtered representation of at least one of an audio and visual program content; and assigning a message to a recipient, the message having an associated token based on the filtered representation, the token comprises transportable data with a unique identifier that represents a predetermined program, the token is converted into scheduling data based in part on at least one stored profile data of a recording system and program information in a format utilized to program the recording system based on the token to record the predetermined program. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for facilitating programming of an associated device, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting at a remote computer a program from program information provided by a server system identifying at least one of an audio and visual program; and assigning a message for receipt by a recipient, the message having a token that comprises an XML formatted packet of data with a schema that identifies the selected program and is converted into scheduling data based in part on at least one of stored profile data of the recording system and program information, the scheduling data is in a format employable by a recording system to program the recording system to record the program represented by the token. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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