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Receivers for television signals

  • US 9,084,017 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2011
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of recording television programmes comprising:

  • receiving programme schedule data;

    buffering a television signal currently being displayed on a television screen; and

    responding to a request, issued by a user after the buffering has started, to record a television programme included in the television signal by saving the buffered television signal along with subsequent television signals to record the programme, performing an identification using the received programme schedule data to identify a start of the television programme included in the buffered television signal and truncating the saved buffered television signal based upon said identification, wherein all data in the saved buffered television signal that is older than the start of the television programme is deleted.

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