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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Luke Vanduyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
John T. Kennedy, Denver, CO (US);
Luke VanDuyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
John T. Kennedy, Denver, CO (US);
Echostar Technologies L.L.C., Engelwood, CO (US);
Abstract
A receiver determines to transmit an EPG that includes schedule information regarding content available from a provider, determines that content is stored and is not currently available from the provider, incorporates information regarding the stored content in the EPG, and includes indicators indicating that the stored content is stored rather than available from the provider. The stored content may be recorded as part of recording a plurality of content received via a broadcast that are all included in the same frequency band and encoded with the same code word. The EPG may be divided into portions that include information regarding available content and portions that include information regarding previously available content and may include indications of which are stored. The EPG may be configured in a calendar arrangement based at least on the information regarding the available and information regarding when stored content were previously available from the provider.