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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:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Echostar Uk Holdings Limited, Steeton, Keighly, GB;

Inventor:

David Robinson, Keighly, GB;

Assignee:

Echostar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various arrangements are presented for recording broadcast television programming. An electronic programming guide database may be accessed to determine a scheduled start time and a scheduled end time for the broadcast television program. A timer may be defined to record the broadcast television program. The start time for the timer may be a first predefined period of time before the scheduled start time of the broadcast television program and an end time for the timer may be a second predefined period of time after the scheduled end time of the broadcast television program. The broadcast television program may be recorded, the recording beginning at the start time of the timer and ending at the end time of the timer. One or more bookmarks that are based on the scheduled start time and/or scheduled end time of the broadcast television program may be created for the recorded television program.


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