Patent ID: 9240217
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G11B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: recording one or more first media segments for a first media program, the first media program scheduled to start at a first start time and end at a first end time, a second media program scheduled to start at a second start time and end at a second end time, the first end time being after the second start time; determining whether the first media program and the second media program are provided on a same channel; in response to determining that the first media program and the second media program are provided on the same channel, recording one or more shared media segments, one of which precedes all other shared media segments in the shared media segments and begins no later than the second start time; and generating a first media program object that represents a first recording of the first media program, the first media program object including references to the first media segments and the shared media segments, the shared segments being shared between the first media program object and a second media program object, the second media program object representing a second recording of the second media program, the second media program object excluding references to the first media segments.