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Scheduling the recording of a program via an advertisement in the broadcast stream

  • US 7,986,868 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2005
  • Issued: 07/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for scheduling the recording of a program via an advertisement in a broadcast stream, comprising:

  • receiving the broadcast stream;

    playing a promotional advertisement in the broadcast stream for a future showing of a program to a viewer;

    receiving a tag, in the broadcast stream while playing the promotional advertisement, comprising a program ID of the program and information indicating how much longer the playing of the promotional advertisement is going to last;

    responsive to receiving the tag, displaying an icon overlaid onto the promotional advertisement for a period of time based on the information indicating how much longer the playing of the promotional advertisement is going to last, the icon notifying the viewer that the program being previewed is available to record;

    accepting the viewer'"'"'s single key press from a remote input device; and

    scheduling a recording time for the program based on the program ID.

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