Patent ID: 7979881
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for representing at least one of an audio and visual program, comprising: a token application that obtains a token that identifies a particular broadcast program, the token comprises a schema that is a multi-level data structure with a plurality of different fields, the plurality of fields includes at least a program identifier and one or more broadcast program characteristics that specifies different aspects of the particular broadcast program, the program identifier uniquely identifies the particular broadcast program universally across broadcast providers; the token application that further monitors token translations, wherein the token for selected broadcast program information is translated into local programming data based on identifying information associated with a user; the token application that further stores demographic and marketing information about the user and the selected broadcast program information; a recording component that schedules a recording of the particular broadcast program based at least in part on the token and the local programming data; and the recording component that further records more than one program concurrently, the recording being from one or more broadcast medium.