Providing audience flow in a personal television device

Details Providing audience flow in a personal television device Providing audience flow in a personal television device

2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Chevalier, Robert (Department: 2616)

Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing

Local trick play processing

With randomly accessible medium

C386S349000, C386S349000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07035528

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for encouraging audience flow. In the described embodiment, a user selects a program for recording. In addition to recording the selected program, the recording device records an additional program. In certain embodiments, the additional program may be the program that is broadcast immediately following the requested program. In other embodiments, the two programs may be linked (for example, by linking codes in a program guide).

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