Patent ID: 9508381
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a digital video recording (“DVR”) schedule collaboration system, data representative of a plurality of DVR schedules associated with a plurality of users; creating, by the DVR schedule collaboration system, a master DVR schedule based on the plurality of DVR schedules; and facilitating, by the DVR schedule collaboration system, creation of a personal DVR schedule by a user in accordance with at least one of the master DVR schedule and one or more of the DVR schedules associated with the plurality of users, the personal DVR schedule comprising instructions for a DVR device associated with the user to record one or more media content programs during one or more time slots; wherein the facilitating of the creation of the personal DVR schedule by the user comprises allowing the user to use the master DVR schedule as the personal DVR schedule by