Television program guide with a digital storage device
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1. A method of playing back programs using user equipment, comprising:
- receiving programs with the user equipment from a server;
storing the programs on a digital storage device, wherein the digital storage device is included in the user equipment; and
creating a playback sequence with the user equipment, wherein the playback sequence includes two or more of the programs stored on the digital storage device and wherein the playback sequence specifies an order that the programs will be played back by the user equipment.
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded program. The user may select a recorded program listing and the program guide will transfer the corresponding program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of playing back programs using user equipment, comprising:
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receiving programs with the user equipment from a server; storing the programs on a digital storage device, wherein the digital storage device is included in the user equipment; and creating a playback sequence with the user equipment, wherein the playback sequence includes two or more of the programs stored on the digital storage device and wherein the playback sequence specifies an order that the programs will be played back by the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for playing back programs comprising:
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a display screen; a digital storage device for storing programs; and an interactive program guide implemented at least partially on circuitry configured to; create a playback sequence, wherein the playback sequence includes two or more of the programs stored on the digital storage device and wherein the playback sequence specifies an order that the programs will be played back. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of playing back a program using user equipment comprising:
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storing one or more programs on a digital storage device, wherein the digital storage device is included in the user equipment; generating one or more non-sequential program segments from the one or more programs; combining, in a specified order, at least two of the one or more non-sequential program segments into a super program; providing program data associated with the super-program; and in response to receiving a command to playback the super-program, playing back the at least two of the one or more non-sequential program segments in the specified order. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 33, 34)
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30. A system for playing back a program using user equipment comprising:
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a digital storage device for storing one or more programs, wherein the digital storage device is included in the user equipment; and an interactive program guide implemented at least partially on circuitry configured to; generate one or more non-sequential program segments from the one or more programs; combine, in a specified order, at least two of the one or more non-sequential program segments into a super program; provide program data associated with the super-program; and in response to receiving a command to playback the super-program, play back the at least two of the one or more non-sequential program segments in the specified order. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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