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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
System and method for adaptively controlling the recording of program material using a program guide
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Robert P. Lilleness, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Robert P. Lilleness, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Universal Electronics, Inc., Cypress, CA (US);
Abstract
In response to the establishment of a communication connection between an appliance capable of effecting a recording of a program and a portable device capable of displaying to a user in a display of the portable device a program guide including a listing for the program the appliance capable of effecting the recording of the program receives data indicative of a request to record the program that is stored in a memory of the portable device via user interaction with the program guide prior to establishment of the communication connection and the appliance capable of effecting the recording of the program then functions to record the program in accordance with the received data indicative of the request to record the program.