Patent ID: 7603688
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a home entertainment system including a processor and system memory, the home entertainment system also including a recording device configured to automatically record scheduled television programs, the recording device having a plurality of tuners, a method implemented by the home entertainment system for cycling through available recording options for resolving conflicts between programs with coinciding broadcast times, the home entertainment system configured to ensure that a user is able to cycle state for each of the available recording options in succession, the method comprising acts of: the processor identifying that a conflict exists within a selected time span between a first, second, and third television program based on coinciding broadcast times for portions of the first, second, and third television programs; presenting a first recording option indicating that the first television program is not selected for recording and that the second and third television programs are selected for recording in the selected time span; storing the first recording option as first state information indicating that the first television program is not selected for recording and that the second and third television programs are selected for recording in the selected time span; receiving first user input selecting the first television program for recording in the selected time span subsequent to storing the first state information; in response to the first user input selecting the first television program: receiving second user input selecting the second television program for recording in the selected time span subsequent to storing the second state information; and in response to the second user input selecting the second television program: