Patent ID: 9549213
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a television receiver device comprising a plurality of tuners, a request to record a particular broadcast program at a scheduled future time; determining, by the television receiver device, a set of tuners from the plurality of tuners of the television receiver device that are assignable for recording at the scheduled future time; identifying within the set of tuners that are assignable for recording at the scheduled future time, one or more tuners that are currently being used for recording television programming, and one or more other tuners that are not currently in-use; assigning, by the television receiver device, a first tuner to record the particular broadcast program at the scheduled future time, based on the determination that the first tuner is in the set of tuners that are assignable for recording at the scheduled future time, and based on the determination that the first tuner is currently being used for recording television programming; and recording, by the television receiver device, the particular broadcast program using the first tuner.