Apparatus and methods for resolving recording conflicts of a digital video recorder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9077948-B2
Application number	US-201213572400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Priority date	Dec 24, 2008
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are provided which facilitate the resolution of recording conflicts of a digital video recorder (DVR). A DVR identifies a recording conflict between a first recording timer associated with a first television program and a second recording timer associated with a second television program. A communication is initiated to a communication device associated with a user of the digital video recorder to inform the user of the recording conflict. Responsive to the communication, the user provides information to the DVR via the communication device requesting to resolve the recording conflict. The DVR utilizes the provided information to modify one or more of the conflicted recording timers to resolve the conflict.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile telephone comprising:
a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile communication network, the wireless transceiver configured to receive a first message including a conflict identification code identifying a recording conflict between a first recording timer associated with a first television program and a second recording timer associated with a second television program;
a processor communicatively coupled to the wireless trans…

Assignees

• Kummer David A
• Echostar Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Kummer David A

Classifications

• H04N21/440236

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/47214

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/76 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4334

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4227

  Electricity · mapped topic