Initiating record from an electronic programming schedule
First Claim
1. In an interactive television system, a method comprising the acts of:
- displaying a programming schedule including program listings;
receiving input selecting at least one of the program listings; and
in response to the input, recording a program corresponding to the at least one of the program listings.
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Abstract
A client system records a time sequential signal in response to a user selection of the time sequential signal from a programming schedule. The programming schedule is received from a remote server via the Internet, email, a computer-readable medium, or a broadcast signal. Program data is received from the remote server in response to the user selecting the time sequential signal from the programming schedule, which is navigable by time, title, genre, actor, and/or content. The client system determines when it is time to record the time sequential signal based at least in part upon the program data, which includes broadcast time, channel, and duration. Upon determining it is time to record, the client system tunes to, receives, and records the transmission of the time sequential signal.
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37 Claims
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1. In an interactive television system, a method comprising the acts of:
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displaying a programming schedule including program listings;
receiving input selecting at least one of the program listings; and
in response to the input, recording a program corresponding to the at least one of the program listings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. In an interactive television system that includes a display device and a recording device, a method for recording a television program in response to user input selecting the television program, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving a programming schedule that includes program listings;
displaying the programming schedule on the display device;
receiving user input selecting at least one of the program listings from the programming schedule; and
in response to the user input, performing the acts of;
tuning a tuner of the interactive television signal to receive video data associated with a television program corresponding to the at least one of the program listings; and
recording the video data at the interactive television system.
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22. In an interactive television system that includes a display device and a recording device, a method for recording a television program in response to user input selecting the television program, comprising the acts of
receiving a programming schedule including program listings that specify a channel and a time of broadcast of each of a plurality of programs; -
displaying on the display device a user interface in which the program listings are displayed on a grid that associates the channels of the plurality of programs with the times of broadcast of the plurality of programs;
receiving user input selecting a region of the grid corresponding to a selected program of the plurality of programs; and
in response to the user input, recording the selected program. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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27. A computer program product for implementing, in an interactive television system, a method for recording a television program in response to user input selecting the television program, wherein the computer program product comprises:
a machine-readable medium carrying executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of the interactive television system, cause the interactive television system to perform the method, including the acts of;
displaying a programming schedule including program listings;
receiving input selecting at least one of the program listings; and
in response to the input, recording a television program corresponding to the at least one of the program listings.
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32. An interactive television system, comprising:
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a display device;
means for displaying a programming schedule including program listings on the display device;
means for receiving input from a user selecting at least one of the program listings; and
a recording device that, in response to the input, records a television program corresponding to the at least one of the program listings. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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