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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Bret David Hawkins, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Bret David Hawkins, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N005/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for processing program data are presented. Program data are received. A selection of a program is received. A request for recording of the selected program is also received. A determination is then made to see whether the selected program is already in progress, and if the selected program is already in progress, a choice is then provided to record a later occurrence of the selected program so that the entire selected program may be recorded.