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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Layne Britton, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Inventor:
Layne Britton, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Networks North America, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for encouraging audience flow. In the described embodiment, a user selects a program for recording. In addition to recording the selected program, the recording device records an additional program. In certain embodiments, the additional program may be the program that is broadcast immediately following the requested program. In other embodiments, the two programs may be linked (for example, by linking codes in a program guide).