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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventor:

Vitaly Shoykhet, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for resolving scheduling conflicts in multi-tuner devices. A multi-tuner device generates an interactive graphical display representing a current schedule for tuner usage. A user may identify a program for viewing or recording and conditionally reserve a tuner to provide the requested service. The multi-tuner device identifies any scheduling conflicts arising from the requested service and provides an updated graphical display showing a new schedule for tuner usage, which schedule is subject to selection by the requesting user. Upon selection of the new schedule, the new schedule becomes the current schedule.


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