Enabling programming of recordings
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1. A method for enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon configured to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon, the method comprising:
- enabling a first user to perceive a web page that displays a promotional program icon that is user-selectable to record a program promoted by the promotional program icon;
receiving an indication that the first user has selected the promotional program icon displayed in the web page; and
in response to the indication, enabling the first user to perceive a set of options selectable by the first user that include an option selectable to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon and an option selectable to present the promotional program icon to a second user in a display perceivable by the second user, the promotional program icon presented to the second user in the display being selectable by the second user to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon.
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Abstract
Enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon used to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon includes enabling the first user to access a display of content accessible via a network environment. The display of content includes the promotional program icon, and the first user is able to select the promotional program icon and request presentation of the icon to a second user.
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1. A method for enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon configured to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon, the method comprising:
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enabling a first user to perceive a web page that displays a promotional program icon that is user-selectable to record a program promoted by the promotional program icon; receiving an indication that the first user has selected the promotional program icon displayed in the web page; and in response to the indication, enabling the first user to perceive a set of options selectable by the first user that include an option selectable to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon and an option selectable to present the promotional program icon to a second user in a display perceivable by the second user, the promotional program icon presented to the second user in the display being selectable by the second user to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 28, 30)
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14. A computer system including a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon configured to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon, the computer program including code segments structured and arranged to:
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enable a first user to perceive a web page that displays a promotional program icon that is user-selectable to record a program promoted by the promotional program icon; receive an indication that the first user has selected the promotional program icon displayed in the web page; and in response to the indication, enable the first user to perceive a set of options selectable by the first user that include an option selectable to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon and an option selectable to present the promotional program icon to a second user in a display perceivable by the second user, the promotional program icon presented to the second user in the display being selectable by the second user to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31)
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27. An apparatus for enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon configured to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon, the apparatus comprising:
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means for enabling a first user to perceive a web page that displays a promotional program icon that is user-selectable to record a program promoted by the promotional program icon; means for receiving an indication that the first user has selected the promotional program icon displayed in the web page; and means for, in response to the indication, enabling the first user to perceive a set of options selectable by the first user that include an option selectable to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon and an option selectable to present the promotional program icon to a second user in a display perceivable by the second user, the promotional program icon presented to the second user in the display being selectable by the second user to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon.
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32. A method for enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon configured to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon, the method comprising:
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enabling a first user to perceive a web page that includes a promotional program icon that is user-selectable to record a program promoted by the promotional program icon; receiving a selection from the first user of the promotional program icon; in response to the selection of the promotional program icon, presenting the first user with an option to communicate the promotional program icon to a second user in an e-mail or in an instant message such that the promotional program icon is perceivable by the second user when perceiving message text of the e-mail or the instant message in a display and is selectable by the second user to record the program promoted by the promotional program icon; receiving a selection from the first user of the option to communicate the promotional program icon to the second user; and in response to the selection of the option by the first user to communicate the promotional program icon to the second user, communicating the promotional program icon and message text inputted by the first user in an e-mail or in an instant message to the second user.
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