Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots
First Claim
1. A method for storing media on a storage device, the method comprising:
- scheduling, with control circuitry, a media asset to be stored in the storage device during a scheduled transmission time associated with the media asset, wherein the media asset has a given duration; and
prior to any portion of the media asset being received;
determining whether the media asset, scheduled to be stored, is of a genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time, causing the given duration of the media asset to increase, based on a comparison of a word associated with the media asset with one or more data fields stored in a database, wherein the one or more data fields stored in the database correspond to media content of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time; and
alerting a user of the control circuitry of an opportunity to extend storage of the media asset beyond the associated scheduled transmission time based on the determination that the media asset is of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred from a broadcast input source to the storage device. The set-top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The user has the option to extend a chosen time slot, in which a show is scheduled to be transferred to the storage device. A dialog box is used when certain types of shows are selected that commonly require timeslot extensions at the end of the show.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for storing media on a storage device, the method comprising:
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scheduling, with control circuitry, a media asset to be stored in the storage device during a scheduled transmission time associated with the media asset, wherein the media asset has a given duration; and prior to any portion of the media asset being received; determining whether the media asset, scheduled to be stored, is of a genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time, causing the given duration of the media asset to increase, based on a comparison of a word associated with the media asset with one or more data fields stored in a database, wherein the one or more data fields stored in the database correspond to media content of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time; and alerting a user of the control circuitry of an opportunity to extend storage of the media asset beyond the associated scheduled transmission time based on the determination that the media asset is of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for storing media, the system comprising:
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a storage device configured to receive a media asset; and control circuitry configured to; schedule a media asset to be stored in the storage device during a scheduled transmission time associated with the media asset, wherein the media asset has a given duration; and prior to any portion of the media asset being received; determine whether the media asset, scheduled to be stored, is of a genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time, causing the given duration of the media asset to increase, based on a comparison of a word associated with the media asset with one or more data fields stored in a database, wherein the one or more data fields stored in the database correspond to media content of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time; and alert a user of the control circuitry of an opportunity to extend storage of the media asset beyond the associated scheduled transmission time based on the determination that the media asset is of the genre that commonly extends beyond its scheduled transmission time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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