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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method and a system for accessing recorded video programming, which can be displayed while the programming is being recorded to a storage medium (). Program information can be automatically stored in a memory location. The program information can be determined by accessing an on-line program guide and monitoring a user video channel selection. The program information can include a program identifier () and a recording time (). At least a portion of the program information can be displayed in a time-line () and sub-divided into a plurality of time increments (). Responsive to a user input, playback of a portion of the programming corresponding to a user selection can begin. The user selection can be a selected portion of the program information that has been marked by the user. The user selection also can be identified by a recording time, which can include a start time and a stop time.