Electronic program guide with digital storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9106947-B2
Application number	US-201414525934-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Sep 17, 1998
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of presenting videos, the method comprising:
receiving a user selection of an identifier of a plurality of videos stored on a digital storage device;
in response to receiving the user selection of the identifier, generating for display an option to cause first and second videos of the plurality of videos to be presented in a playback sequence; and
responsive to receiving a user selection of the option, causing the first and second videos to be p…

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Hassell Joel G
• Knudson Edward B
• Hedges L Joe
• Ellis Michael D
• Berezowski David M

Classifications

• H04N21/4722

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/43615

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/775

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G11B27/105

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N21/4332

  Electricity · mapped topic