Managing record events

a technology for recording events and recording, applied in the field of managing and scheduling events, can solve the problems of conflicting recording, limited number of video streams that can be recorded concurrently, and ineffective limited resources of tuners
US20080196065A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-14MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Publication Date
2008-08-14
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing and prioritizing record events. A priority manager includes an event list that lists scheduled record events. Each event in the event list has a priority that is different from the other events in the event list. If some of the events conflict, such as when a tuning resource is lost and unavailable, then those events with the highest priority in the event list are recorded. A user can assign priority to events when they are scheduled or at a later time. This enables event conflicts to be resolved by the user when the events are initially scheduled. When an event conflict arises later, the conflict is resolved by the priority manager according to the relative priority of the events in the event list.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 131,661, filed Apr. 24, 2002 and entitled “Managing Record Events”, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. ______, on ______, and which is incorporated herein by this reference, in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. The Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to managing and scheduling events. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems, methods, and computer program products for managing record events using a priority manager to resolve conflicts that occur between some of the recording events.

[0004] 2. Background and Relevant Art

[0005] Today, many devices have the ability to digitally record a video stream such as a television program. The recorded video streams are often stored on a hard drive where they may be viewed at the leisure of a user. In fact, some homes have more than one device that is able to record video streams...

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