Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for creating aggregations of episodes of series programming in order
- Patent Title (中): 按顺序创建串联编程剧集的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13049469Application Date: 2011-03-16
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Publication No.: US08627378B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Charles Cordray
- Applicant: Charles Cordray
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445 ; H04N5/76

Abstract:
A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120033950A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AGGREGATIONS OF EPISODES OF SERIES PROGRAMMING IN ORDER Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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