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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Bumgardner, Shadow Hills, CA (US);
Geoffrey Z. Ombao, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Gregory L. DeCamp, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Haig H. Krakirian, Burbank, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01);
Abstract
In many aspects, systems and methods for recording overlapping media content using interactive media guidance applications are provided. The systems and methods for recording overlapping media content generally relate to cropping overlapping portions of the media content thereby allowing a user to enjoy most of the recording wile only forgoing a portion of the beginning or the end of a program.