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Multi-program playback status display

  • US 9,177,606 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2014
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing playback of stored television programs, the 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;

    cause a plurality of recordings of television channels to be recorded, wherein each recording of the plurality of recordings of the television channels comprises a plurality of television programs;

    cause a plurality of channel-specific identifiers to be presented via a display device such that the plurality of channel-specific identifiers are presented simultaneously, wherein each channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers represents the television channel from which one of the plurality of recordings was recorded;

    simultaneously with presentation of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, cause a graphical playback status element for a recording of a television channel from the plurality of recordings of television channels to be presented aligned with a channel-specific identifier of the plurality of channel-specific identifiers, the graphical playback status element comprising;

    a start point for a television program of the plurality of television programs within the recording of the television channel, wherein;

    the channel-specific identifier represents the television channel from which the recording of the television channel was recorded.

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