Patent ID: 9225932
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method executable by a television receiver device to manage media content, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving the media content as a television broadcast of a television show by the television receiver device; storing the received media content by the television receiver device, wherein the storing comprises determining a logical position of the received media content within a sequential order of episodes of the same television show according to the date that the episodes of the television show were first broadcast; determining, by the television receiver device, whether the received media content has been accessed for playback by the processor; responsive to determining that the received media has been played back, the television receiver device automatically downloading the additional episode of the received media content from the media server when an additional episode of the received media content corresponding to the next episode in the sequential order is available to the television receiver device from a remotely-located media server other than the television broadcast to thereby allow for playback of multiple episodes of the television show in the order that the episodes were first broadcast; subsequently receiving a user input instructing to open an episode listing during playback of an episode of the television program, the episode listing comprising a listing of episodes associated with the television show and including the downloaded additional episode; receiving user input selecting an episode from the episode listing other than the episode that is currently being played back; marking a pointer to the location in the episode currently being played back where playback ceased to thereby permit the television receiver device to return to the same location during subsequent playback; and initiating playback of the episode instructed by the user input.