Patent ID: 9301012
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: detecting, on a media content recording device, a media content recording conflict between a plurality of scheduled recordings of media content instances; providing, for display on a display device in response to the detecting of the media content recording conflict, a graphical user interface view that comprises a plurality of scheduled recording graphical objects that represent scheduled recording time slots for the plurality of scheduled recordings involved in the media content recording conflict; detecting a user selection of a scheduled recording graphical object included in the plurality of scheduled recording graphical objects, the scheduled recording graphical object representing a scheduled recording time slot for a scheduled recording of a media content instance included in the plurality of scheduled recordings of media content instances, the scheduled recording graphical object positioned within a particular row in the graphical user interface view to visually indicate that the scheduled recording of the media content instance will not be performed because of the media content recording conflict; and providing, in the graphical user interface view in response to the detecting of the user selection of the scheduled recording graphical object, detecting a user selection of at least one of the start-time shift option and the end-time shift option; modifying, in response to the detecting of the user selection of the at least one of the start-time shift option and the end-time shift option, at least one of the scheduled start time and the scheduled end time of the scheduled recording time slot to shorten a length of the scheduled recording time slot; detecting that the shortened length of the scheduled recording time slot resolves the media content recording conflict; removing, in response to the detecting that the shortened length of the scheduled recording time slot resolves the media content recording conflict, the scheduled recording graphical object representing the scheduled recording time slot for the scheduled recording of the media content instance from the particular row in the graphical user interface view; and adding, in response to the detecting that the shortened length of the scheduled recording time slot resolves the media content recording conflict, a new scheduled recording graphical object representing the shortened scheduled recording time slot for the modified scheduled recording of the media content instance to a different particular row in the graphical user interface view to visually indicate that the modified scheduled recording of the media content instance will be performed.