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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

May. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Charles Scott, Austin, TX (US);

Scott White, Austin, TX (US);

Ankur Mukerji, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Charles Scott, Austin, TX (US);

Scott White, Austin, TX (US);

Ankur Mukerji, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving information identifying at least one recommended media content item at a computing device. The information is received from a sender device. The at least one recommended media content item is selected from an electronic program guide and an address associated with the computing device is selected via a graphical user interface at the sender device. The method includes receiving a user selection of at least one item of media content from the at least one recommended media content item. The method includes automatically scheduling recording of the at least one item of media content at a media recorder device when the at least one item of media content is a scheduled program. The method also includes automatically placing the at least one item of media content in an on demand queue when the at least one item of media content includes on demand media content.


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