Patent ID: 8670650
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording a program of interest at a media device, the method comprising: receiving an unscheduled program flag (UPF) corresponding to an occurrence of an unscheduled program, wherein the UPF includes a current duration of the unscheduled program, and wherein the current duration of the unscheduled program received in the UPF corresponds to a start time of the unscheduled program and a current time; adjusting a scheduled recording end time associated with the program of interest to an updated record end time in response to receiving the UPF, wherein the updated record end time substantially equals the scheduled recording end time plus the current duration of the unscheduled program; and ending the recording of the program of interest based upon the updated record end time, wherein the UPF corresponds to an end of the unscheduled program, wherein recording of the program of interest is scheduled to begin after the end of the unscheduled program, and further comprising: