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Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications

  • US 8,209,424 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2006
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remotely accessing user equipment implementing an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a user device, at a server remote from the user device, an action request that includes instructions identifying a program for which to remotely schedule an action with the user equipment, wherein the user device utilizes first program information obtained from a first program information database to generate the action request for the program;

    transmitting the action request for the program to be processed using second program information from a second program information database to schedule the action request for the program, wherein the second program information database is different from the first program information database;

    detecting, with the server, using program information received in the action request, a disparity between the first program information for the program and the second program information for the program;

    searching for alternate scheduling information for the program in response to detecting the disparity; and

    transmitting a second action request to the user equipment to schedule the action, wherein the second action request is generated based on the alternate scheduling information.

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