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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
David Christopher St. John-larkin, Denver, CO (US);
David Christopher St. John-Larkin, Denver, CO (US);
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods may provide for selectively recording of at least part of a program based on an occurrence of at least one video or audio characteristic in the program. The systems and methods may involve receiving or transmitting a program including a video stream and an audio stream, and monitoring at least one of the video stream and the audio stream for at least one video or audio characteristic. Based on the occurrence of the video or audio characteristic, at least part of the program may be recorded or instructions for recording at least part of the program may be transmitted. In some embodiments, only a segment of the program may be recorded or instructed to be recorded. In some embodiments, segments from a plurality of programs may be recorded and associated together. In such embodiments, the segments may be presented as a single recording.