Patent ID: 9749689
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of operating a video services receiver having an associated display element configured to display content provided by the video services receiver, the method comprising: maintaining, at the video services receiver, a database that indicates a favorite program event having a scheduled start time; detecting that the video services receiver is currently in a receiver standby mode, that the display element is currently in a display standby mode, or that the video services receiver is currently in the receiver standby mode and the display element is currently in the display standby mode; in response to the detecting, automatically recording the favorite program event at a time that is no later than the scheduled start time of the favorite program event; and in response to the detecting, sending a notification to the user, wherein the notification indicates that the favorite program event has been or will be recorded, and the notification comprises a control element that enables the user to initiate a place-shifting function such that the favorite program event is reformatted and delivered to a remote presentation device as place-shifted content, the video services receiver serving as the source of the place-shifted content.