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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Megha Venugopal, Union City, CA (US);
Steven Allstead, Jr., Long Beach, CA (US);
Cory Max Bernhardt, Lomita, CA (US);
Michael Habif, Lakewood, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media processing device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, perform operations comprising: presenting a first media content item including an advertisement for a second media content item, resulting in a presentation; receiving, during the presentation, a recording instruction; responsive to receiving the recording instruction during the advertisement, presenting a query, wherein the query provides a choice of: recording the first media content item or recording the second media content item; and receiving a response to the query, wherein the response includes either a first command to record the first media content item or a second command to record the second media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.