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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2011
Applicant:

Dale Llewelyn Mountain, Silsden, GB;

Inventor:

Dale Llewelyn Mountain, Silsden, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01);
Abstract

A receiver receives a request for content associated with a channel, determines that all channel selectors are in use, selects a set of options, and transmits the set to a presentation device. The receiver may then fulfill the request utilizing a selected option. All available channel selectors may be in use because they are tuned to frequency bands of a broadcast signal to record content and data associated the channel is included in a different frequency band. The set of options may include options to stop the current recording in favor of the requested content and options to present content included in a same frequency band to which a tuner is already tuned. In one or more implementations, the receiver may determine that content currently being recorded will be rebroadcast at a later time and may include notifications indicating such and/or options to record the content at the later time.


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