Patent ID: 9053754
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: recording at a client device, at least a portion of a TV program; deriving from the TV program, during initial recording of the TV program before the recorded portion of the TV program exceeds a threshold portion of the TV program, a temporary thumbnail representative of the TV program, the temporary thumbnail being formed from a particular video frame in the TV program; when the recorded portion of the TV program exceeds the threshold portion of the TV program, generating from the recorded portion of the TV program, a permanent thumbnail representative of the recorded portion of the TV program, the permanent thumbnail being formed from a video frame in the recorded portion of the TV program, the video frame selected as a representative video frame based on a scene analysis of the recorded portion of the TV program; and presenting, by the client device, the temporary thumbnail within an electronic program guide (EPG) listing of programs that are at least partially recorded until the permanent thumbnail is generated, and thereafter presenting the permanent thumbnail within the EPG listing of TV programs that are at least partially recorded instead of the temporary thumbnail.