Patent ID: 9584754
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. For use within a television system, a method of recording a first or second television program advertised during playback of a third television program, wherein a recorder configured to record television program has recording information sufficient to set a recording for the third program and lacks recording information sufficient to set a recording for the first and second television programs, the method comprising: embedding information within signaling tuned to by an output device to display the third program, the embedded information including recording information sufficient to facilitate the recorder recording the first program in the event an access request is received during a first portion of the third program and recording information sufficient to facilitate the recorder recording the second program in the event the access request is received during a second portion of the third program; providing access instructions at least to the recorder for recording the first or second program according to the embedded information based on whether the access request is received during the first or second portion of the third program; and providing the access instructions such that the recorder automatically schedules a recording of the first or second program, the access instructions defining a time period and a channel for the recording, the time period and the channel being embedded within the signaling tuned to by the output device, the time period occurring after completion of the third program.