Systems and methods for providing transport control
a technology of transport control and interface, applied in the field of interactive television application, can solve the problems of content to be recorded, content currently being recorded, and the interface provided to users of personal video recorders that does not provide sufficient information about recorded content, so as to achieve more informed and efficient viewing and recording
Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-28
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES
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[0008] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an interface that allows for more informed and efficient viewing and recording of television content provided in connection a personal video recorder, a network video recorder, video-on-demand, any other suitable playback or recording device, or any combination thereof.
[0015] In some embodiments of the present invention, the interactive television program guide application may allow the user to pause live video of a currently broadcasting program. In such embodiments, the interactive television program guide application may pause the time shown within the transport control bar while continuing to record the live video in real time. The continued recording may be indicated, for example, by allowing the buffer region in the transport control bar to extend beyond the paused transport control block. The interactive television program guide application may later allow the user to resume viewing of the live video, for example, at any location within the buffered region.
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However, the interfaces that are provided to users of personal video recorders fall short of providing sufficient information about recorded content, content currently being recorded, and content to be recorded.
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[0062] An illustrative interactive television system 10 in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. Content such as television programming and digital music may be provided from programming sources 12 to television distribution facilities such as television distribution facility 14 using communications path 16. Programming sources 12 may be any suitable sources of television and music programming, such as television and music production studios, etc.
[0063] Television distribution facility 14 may be a cable system headend, a satellite television distribution facility, a television broadcast facility, or any other suitable facility for distributing television and music programming to users. There are typically numerous television distribution facilities 14 in system 10, but only one is shown in FIG. 1 to avoid overcomplicating the drawings.
[0064] Communications path 16 may be a satellite path, a fiber-optic path, a cable path, or any other suitable wired or wireless...
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Abstract
A transport control interface may be provided by an interactive television program guide application to provide information, control or both for live and recorded video programming. The transport control interface may indicate to the user the time duration of a live or recorded program and any time segments of the program that have been recorded. The transport control interface may automatically adjust the start and end time shown to accommodate various factors such as continuous viewing on a particular channel, multiple recorded segments, buffer size, etc. Various information associated with the live or recorded video programming may be displayed in the transport control interface.
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[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 456,080, filed Mar. 18, 2003.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to an interactive television application, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an interactive television application that provides a transport control interface when television content is being recorded or viewed. [0003] Interactive television systems are well known. Such systems provide a multitude of services and features, including video-on-demand services, television program listings, web-browsing services, games, home shopping services, among others. Another service that has recently grown in popularity includes the use of a personal video recorder device, which allows users to digitally store television video content on a hard disk drive. [0004] One of the most popular brands of personal video recorders is TiVo®. TiVo® typically comes preinstalled with firmware that provides an ...
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IPC IPC(8): G11B27/034G11B27/10G11B27/34H04N5/76H04N7/16
CPCG11B27/034G11B27/105G11B27/34G11B2220/20H04N5/44513H04N5/44543H04N21/84H04N7/17318H04N21/4312H04N21/4314H04N21/4333H04N21/47214H04N21/4821H04N5/76H04N21/47H04N21/4334
Inventor GAYDOU, DANNY R.REICHARDT, M. SCOTTELLIS, MICHAEL D.DAY, THOMAS
Owner UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES
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