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Content recorder multi-angle viewing and playback

  • US 8,855,467 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2012
  • Issued: 10/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for tuning a digital video recorder (DVR), the method comprising the steps of:

  • a DVR receiving a user selection of a program being simultaneously broadcasted by a content provider on a plurality of channels, wherein each channel of the plurality of channels provides viewers of the channel with a viewing angle of the program that is unique among viewing angles of the program provided to viewers of each other channel in the plurality of channels;

    the DVR receiving popularity data about the program from the content provider, wherein the popularity data indicates a popularity of the viewing angle provided on each channel of the plurality of channels among viewers of the channel;

    the DVR determining, from the popularity data, a most popular viewing angle of the program among the viewing angles provided on the plurality of channels;

    the DVR tuning to a channel of the plurality of channels providing the most popular viewing angle; and

    the DVR repeating the receiving popularity data, the determining, and the tuning steps such that at each point in time of the program occurring after a performance of the tuning step, the DVR is tuned to a current most popular viewing angle of the program at that point in time.

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