Patent ID: 7861258
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving identities of content items; during times that a device is in a first operational mode, (a) preventing the device from presenting particular content items that are associated with the identities, while (b) allowing the device to obtain and store any of the particular content items; during times that the device is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to schedule a recording of a first content item, determining whether the recording of the first content item will conflict with a previously scheduled recording of a second content item; in response to determining that the recording of the first content item will conflict with the recording of the second content item, determining whether the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the device was not in the first mode; and in response to determining that the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the device was not in the first mode, preventing the recording of the first content item from being scheduled.