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Facilitating concurrent recording of multiple television channels

  • US 8,989,562 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2013
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for grouping multiple television channels for recording, comprising:

  • a television service provider system, comprising;

    one or more processors; and

    a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

    receive from a plurality of television receivers, television channel usage data indicative of television channels being received by the plurality of television receivers, whereinthe television channel usage data comprises usage data for television channels being transmitted using a plurality of transponders;

    analyze the television channel usage data to determine a grouping of television channels; and

    based on analyzing the television channel usage data, reassign a television channel from a first transponder to a second transponder for transmission to the plurality of television receivers such that the grouping of television channels are transmitted using the second transponder; and

    a television receiver of the plurality of television receivers, configured to;

    determine a combination of television channels selected by a user to be recorded concurrently cannot be recorded due to the television channel being reassigned from the first transponder to the second transponder by the television service provider system; and

    transmit an indication of a recording failure to the television service provider system based on determining the combination of television channels selected to be concurrently recorded at the television receiver cannot occur due to the television channel being reassigned to the second transponder from the first transponder.

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