Reserved program record setting method and apparatus for a program preview

• US 7,127,154 B2
• Filed: 12/14/1998
• Issued: 10/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jin-Hwi, Son, Gyu-Yeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNN, MISHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US09/210,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20030035647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,871 Days
• Field of Search: 386/1, 386/83, 348/731, 348/734, 348/906, 348/563, 348/569, 455/181.1, 455/179.1, 455/180.1, 455/186.1, 725 39- 43, 725/136, 725/137, 725/58, 725/50, 725/102, 725/104, 725/33, 725/45, 725/46
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A reserved program record setting method and apparatus for a program preview of a broadcasting program to be recorded and used with a video cassette recorder (VCR) and a television set. The method includes a first step of judging whether a program preview of a broadcasting program to be reserved and recorded is being broadcast, a second step of storing a program reserving code of the broadcasting program when the program preview is currently being broadcast in the reserved program recording mode, and a third step of completing a reserved program recording operation by turning off the VCR, thereby quickly reserving a record for a predetermined program by once pressing a program preview storing key while the program preview of the broadcasting program to be recorded is being broadcast.

Claims

1. A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

receiving, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information,

wherein said reserving the upcoming program is only operable while the program preview is being displayed.

2. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

3. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

4. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, wherein said receiving the program guide information comprises automatically receiving the program guide information for the upcoming program to be broadcast at the future time without another user command requesting the program guide information.

5. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, further comprising prompting a user for the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording during the broadcast of the program preview.

6. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, further comprising providing a user input interface having user selection keys, wherein the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

7. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

8. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, further comprising, if the user command is not received during the broadcast of the program preview:

receiving another user command to display program information not received during the broadcast of the program preview; and

reserving the upcoming program using the displayed program information.

9. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 1, wherein said reserving the upcoming program comprises reserving the upcoming program without retrieving stored program guide information from a memory.

10. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

11. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

12. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, wherein said receiving the program guide information comprises automatically receiving the program guide information for the upcoming program to be broadcast at the future time without another user command requesting the program guide information.

13. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, wherein said reserving the upcoming program comprises reserving the upcoming program without retrieving stored program guide information from a memory.

14. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, further comprising prompting a user for the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording during the broadcast of the program preview.

15. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, further comprising providing a user input interface having user selection keys, wherein the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

16. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 9, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

17. A program recording device for reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the device comprising:

a memory to store program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

a user interface to receive, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording; and

a controller to reserve the upcoming program for future recording using the program guide information,

wherein the program guide information is not stored in said memory until the user command is received, and

the controller is not operable to reserve the upcoming program unless the user command is received during the broadcast of the program guide information.

18. The program recording device according to claim 17, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

19. The program recording device according to claim 17, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

20. The program recording device according to claim 17, wherein the program guide information for the upcoming program to be broadcast at the future time is automatically received without another user command requesting the program guide information.

21. The program recording device according to claim 17, wherein said controller further prompts a user for the user command during the broadcast of the program preview.

22. The program recording device according to claim 17, further comprising a user input interface having user selection keys, wherein the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

23. The program recording device according to claim 17, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

24. The program recording device of claim 17, further comprising a recording unit that is operable to record the upcoming program in accordance with the program guide information stored in said memory.

25. The program recording device of claim 24, wherein said recording unit comprises a video cassette recorder.

26. The program recording device of claim 24, wherein said recording unit comprises a television having a recording unit.

27. The program recording device of claim 24, wherein said recording unit comprises a Hard Disc drive.

28. The program recording device according to claim 17, further comprising a receiver to receive the program guide information.

29. The program recording device according to claim 28, wherein the program guide information is not stored as it is received by said receiver unless in response to the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording.

30. The program recording device according to claim 29, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

31. The program recording device according to claim 29, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

32. The program recording device according to claim 29, wherein the program guide information for the upcoming program to be broadcast at the future time is automatically received without another user command requesting the program guide information.

33. The program recording device according to claim 29, wherein said controller further prompts a user for the user command during the broadcast of the program preview.

34. The program recording device according to claim 29, further comprising a user input interface having user selection keys, wherein the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

35. The program recording device according to claim 29, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

36. The program recording device of claim 29, further comprising a recording unit that is operable to record the upcoming program in accordance with the program guide information stored in said memory.

37. The program recording device according to claim 29, further comprising a receiver to receive the program guide information.

38. The program recording device according to claim 37, wherein the program guide information is not displayed as it is received by said receiver while the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording is received.

40. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

41. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the method further comprises prompting a user for the user command during the broadcast of the program preview.

42. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein

said receiving the user command comprises detecting an input from a user input interface having user selection keys, and

the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

43. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

39. A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to implement a method of reserved recording of the upcoming program while a program preview for an upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

receiving, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information,

wherein said reserving the upcoming program is only operable while the program preview is being broadcast.

44. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 39, wherein said receiving the program guide information comprises automatically receiving the program guide information for the program to be broadcast at the future time without another user command requesting the program guide information.

45. The computer readable storage medium of claim 39, wherein the method further comprises, if the user command is not received during the broadcast of the program preview:

receiving another user command to display program information not received during the broadcast of the program preview; and

alternately reserving the upcoming program using the displayed program information.

46. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 39, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

47. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 46, the method further comprising recording the upcoming program in accordance with the program guide information.

48. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 39, wherein said reserving the upcoming program comprises reserving the upcoming program without retrieving stored program guide information from a memory.

49. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 48, wherein the program guide information is embedded in the program preview.

50. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 48, wherein the method further comprises prompting a user for the user command during the broadcast of the program preview.

51. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 48, wherein

said receiving the user command comprises detecting an input from a user input interface having user selection keys, and

the user command is generated in response to only one of the user selection keys being depressed.

52. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 48, wherein the program preview comprises audio and video data in addition to the program guide information.

53. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 48, wherein said receiving the program guide information comprises automatically receiving the program guide information for the program to be broadcast at the future time without another user command requesting the program guide information.

54. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 48, wherein said reserving the upcoming program comprises reserving the upcoming program without retrieving stored program guide information from a memory.

55. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 48, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

56. The computer readable storage medium in accordance with claim 48, the method further comprising recording the upcoming program in accordance with the program guide information.

57. A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving the program preview including program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

displaying the program preview;

receiving, during said displaying the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording while the program guide information is being received; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information without the program guide information being displayed.

58. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 57, wherein the user command is generated in response to a single action of a user.

59. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 57, wherein the received program guide information is not stored unless the user command is received.

60. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 57, further comprising, if the user command is not received during the display of the program preview:

receiving another user command to display program information not received during the broadcast of the program preview; and

alternately reserving the upcoming program using the displayed program information.

61. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 57, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of program previews for a plurality of upcoming programs; and

storing the plurality of program previews;

wherein said displaying the program preview comprises sequentially replaying the stored plurality of program previews.

62. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 61, further comprising providing a user input interface having user selection keys, wherein the user command is generated in accordance with a single one of the user selection keys being depressed.

63. A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

using a user input interface having user selection keys to generate a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording in accordance with a single action of one of the user selection keys being depressed to select and reserve the upcoming program; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information.

64. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 63, wherein the user command is generated in response to the single action of a user while the program guide information is not displayed.

65. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 63, wherein the received program guide information is not stored unless the user command is received.

66. A computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to implement a method of reserved recording of the upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program;

receiving a user command from a user input interface having user selection keys, where the user input interface generates, during the broadcast of the program preview, the user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording in accordance with a single action of one of the user selection keys being depressed to select and reserve the upcoming program; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information.

67. The computer readable medium in accordance with claim 66, wherein the user command is generated in response to the single action of a user while the program guide information is not displayed.

68. The computer readable medium in accordance with claim 66, wherein the received program guide information is not stored unless the user command is received.

69. A method of reserved recording of an upcoming program while a program preview for the upcoming program is being broadcast, the method comprising:

receiving program guide information associated with the upcoming program, the program guide information being included with the program preview;

receiving, during the broadcast of the program preview, a user command to reserve the upcoming program for future recording; and

reserving, in response to the user command, the upcoming program for future recording using the received program guide information,

wherein said reserving the upcoming program is only operable while the program preview is being broadcast.

70. The method of reserved recording in accordance with claim 69, further comprising, if the user command is not received during the broadcast of the program preview:

receiving another user command to display program information not received during the broadcast of the program preview; and

alternately reserving the upcoming program using the displayed program information.