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System and method to facilitate selection and programming of an associated audio/visual system

a technology of audio/visual system and associated device, which is applied in the field of system and method to facilitate the selection and programming of associated devices, can solve the problems that pvr running on a pvr system may not provide a completely satisfactory mechanism for sorting through and selecting programs, and achieve the effect of facilitating the programming of associated devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-01
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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The present invention provides a system and method for selecting and programming audio / visual programs for recording. The system includes a local computer connected to a server system through a network infrastructure, such as the Web. The server system includes a searchable database of information about numerous audio and visual programs. The local computer can select and filter through the program information based on user criteria to create a filtered representation of the programs. The filtered representation includes a unique token for each program that can be assigned to a recipient to program a recording system to record the corresponding broadcast program. The system also includes a method for assigning a message with a unique token to a recipient to program a recording system. The invention allows for easy selection and programming of audio / visual programs for recording.

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However, the programming only provides programming choices according to the information downloaded to the PVR system.
As a result, a conventional EPG running on a PVR system may not provide a completely satisfactory mechanism to sort through and select programs.

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[0048] The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate selection of audio and / or visual programs that, in turn, may be employed to program an associated recording system. Briefly stated, the system includes a local computer operative to connect to a server system through a network infrastructure, such as the World Wide Web (the “Web”). The local computer is programmed to search and / or filter through audio and / or visual program information in the searchable database. A token representing a specific one of the programs may be obtained (e.g., received as email or downloaded or obtained by other data communication means) based on selecting one or more programs from the filtered information.

[0049] In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be evident to one skilled in the art, however, that the present invention may be practiced withou...

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A system and method to facilitate selection and programming of at least one of audio and visual program are disclosed. A first computer is operative to connect to a second computer for filtering through a plurality of audio and / or visual programs based on selection criteria to provide a filtered representation of programs. A program from the filtered representation of programs may be selected at the first computer so as to cause a token indicative of the selected program to be assigned to a recipient operative to receive the token. The recipient may be a user at the first computer, a third computer, or an entertainment appliance. The token represents the selected program with sufficient particularity to program an entertainment system based on the token to record the program represented by the token.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 650,167, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE SELECTION AND PROGRAMMING OF AN ASSOCIATED AUDIO / VISUAL SYSTEM and filed on Aug. 29, 2000, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 193,124, filed on Mar. 30, 2000, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE PROGRAMMING OF AN ASSOCIATED RECORDING SYSTEM and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 224,384, filed on Aug. 9, 2000, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE PROGRAMMING OF AN ASSOCIATED RECORDING SYSTEM. The entireties of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate selection of an audio and / or visual program having a token that may be employed to program operation of an associated audio / visual system. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In order to see a lis...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F7/00G06F13/00G06F15/16H04N7/173
CPCH04N5/765H04N5/782H04N7/17318H04N21/42204Y10S707/99933H04N21/47214H04N21/6581H04N21/8352H04N21/4668
Inventor WONG, CURTISDRUCKER, STEVEN
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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