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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2002
Scott Brenner, Superior, CO (US);
Michael E. Cain, Arvada, CO (US);
Kenneth L. Hamel, Louisville, CO (US);
Joshua D. Staller, Littleton, CO (US);
Scott Brenner, Superior, CO (US);
Michael E. Cain, Arvada, CO (US);
Kenneth L. Hamel, Louisville, CO (US);
Joshua D. Staller, Littleton, CO (US);
Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display, a system and method for providing program information or a copy of at least a portion of a program to the user. In one embodiment, a controller receives an input signal representing a request for summary information concerning a program, the program having a beginning and the input signal generated at a time during the broadcast. The controller provides via the display a summary of the program from the program beginning to the input signal time in response to the input signal. A controller may alternatively monitor a period of time during which the display is tuned to a broadcast of a program, the period starting during the broadcast. The controller is used to provide via the display a copy of at least a portion of the program when the period exceeds a predetermined threshold time.