Patent ID: 9729926
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing a recording of a media presentation, the method comprising: receiving a timeslot playlist for the media presentation, wherein the timeslot playlist comprises a list of content to be provided to a user, wherein the list of content comprises entries for program content and commercial advertisement content; identifying time-dependent promotional content in the list of content for the timeslot playlist, wherein the time-dependent promotional content contains information that is relevant depending on when the user views the media presentation; removing the time-dependent promotional content from the timeslot playlist to generate an adjusted timeslot playlist; and assembling, using one or more computer processors, content listed in the adjusted timeslot playlist to generate the recording of the media presentation, wherein the recording comprises the program content and the commercial advertisement content but lacks the time-dependent promotional content.