EPG realignment
First Claim
1. A television receiver that synchronizes electronic programming guide information with playback of a television program recording, the television receiver comprising:
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one or more processors;
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;
record, from the one or more tuners, a plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to a single file, wherein;
the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs comprises a first television program and a second television program, andthe second television program was recorded to the single file from a second timeslot immediately following a first timeslot of the first television program;
after recording the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to the single file, receive input requesting the recorded first television program be output for presentation;
determine a back-end adjustment period for playback of the first television program from the single file, wherein the back-end adjustment period immediately follows a scheduled end time of the first television program, the scheduled end time of the first television program being based on stored electronic programming guide information;
in response to the input requesting the first television program be output for presentation, output content from the single file for presentation to a display device, the output of the content concluding with the back-end adjustment period; and
while outputting content from during the back-end adjustment period, output for presentation electronic programming guide (EPG) information associated with the first television program, while not outputting electronic programming guide information associated with the second television program.
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Abstract
Arrangements detailed may cause a television channel received via the tuner to be recorded for a period of time to create a channel-specific file. The channel-specific file may include multiple television programs. User input that requests playback of a first television program of the plurality of television programs from the channel-specific file may be received. A front-end adjustment time period for playback of the first television program may be determined. A start time from which playback commences in the channel-specific file may be at least partially based on the front-end adjustment time period and a scheduled start time of the television program.
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20 Claims
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1. A television receiver that synchronizes electronic programming guide information with playback of a television program recording, the television receiver comprising:
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one or more tuners; one or more processors; 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; record, from the one or more tuners, a plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to a single file, wherein; the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs comprises a first television program and a second television program, and the second television program was recorded to the single file from a second timeslot immediately following a first timeslot of the first television program; after recording the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to the single file, receive input requesting the recorded first television program be output for presentation; determine a back-end adjustment period for playback of the first television program from the single file, wherein the back-end adjustment period immediately follows a scheduled end time of the first television program, the scheduled end time of the first television program being based on stored electronic programming guide information; in response to the input requesting the first television program be output for presentation, output content from the single file for presentation to a display device, the output of the content concluding with the back-end adjustment period; and while outputting content from during the back-end adjustment period, output for presentation electronic programming guide (EPG) information associated with the first television program, while not outputting electronic programming guide information associated with the second television program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for synchronizing electronic programming guide information with playback of a television program recording, the method comprising:
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recording, by a television receiver, a plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to a single file, wherein; the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs comprises a first television program and a second television program, and the second television program was recorded to the single file from a second timeslot immediately following a first timeslot of the first television program; after recording the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to the single file, receiving, by the television receiver, input requesting the recorded first television program be output for presentation; determining, by the television receiver, a back-end adjustment period for playback of the first television program from the single file, wherein the back-end adjustment period immediately follows a scheduled end time of the first television program, the scheduled end time of the first television program being based on stored electronic programming guide information; in response to the input requesting the first television program be output for presentation, outputting, by the television receiver, content from the single file for presentation to a display device concluding with the back-end adjustment period; and while outputting content from during the back-end adjustment period, outputting, by the television receiver, for presentation, electronic programming guide (EPG) information associated with the first television program, while not outputting electronic programming guide information associated with the second television program. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory processor-readable medium that synchronizes electronic programming guide information with playback of a television program recording, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
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record a plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to a single file, wherein; the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs comprises a first television program and a second television program, and the second television program was recorded to the single file from a second timeslot immediately following a first timeslot of the first television program; after recording the plurality of consecutively broadcast television programs to the single file, receive input requesting the recorded second television program be output for presentation; determine a back-end adjustment period for playback of the second television program from the single file, wherein the back-end adjustment period immediately follows a scheduled end time of the first television program, the scheduled end time of the first television program being based on stored electronic programming guide information; in response to the input requesting the first television program be output for presentation, output content from the single file for presentation to a display device concluding with the back-end adjustment period; and while content from during the back-end adjustment period is being output, output for presentation electronic programming guide information associated with the first television program, while not outputting electronic programming guide information associated with the second television program.
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