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Systems and methods for trimming recorded content using a media guidance application

  • US 9,167,196 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2010
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for recording a scheduled broadcast program on a media equipment device, the method comprising:

  • scheduling for recording, during a timeslot, a first program provided by a program source, wherein a second program is provided by the program source outside of the timeslot;

    automatically determining, before transmission of the first program begins, that the first program will run beyond a length of the timeslot;

    extending, based on the determining, the recording of the first program to record the first program during an extended timeslot, wherein the extended timeslot is longer than the timeslot, and wherein a portion of the extended timeslot overlaps with a scheduled time period of the second program, wherein extending the recording causes a portion of the second program, which has not been scheduled for recording and is outside of the timeslot, to be recorded during the extended timeslot, wherein the timeslot has a first end time and the extended timeslot has a second end time that is later than the first end time by an amount, wherein each of the timeslot and extended timeslot have a same start time, and wherein the first program ends before the second end time;

    recording content provided by the program source during the extended timeslot such that the first program and the portion of the second program are recorded; and

    automatically trimming the recorded content to remove a first portion of the recorded content corresponding to the portion of the second program.

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