Patent ID: 7073189
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a user at a user location to reserve a broadcast program for subsequent access to content thereof, the method comprising: receiving at a location remote from the user location content of a program from a content provider before broadcast of the program; substantially simultaneously recording the content of the program at, and broadcasting the content of the program from, the location remote from the user location; causing an identifier for the broadcast program to be available for selection by a user for a duration after broadcast of the content of the program, at any point during which duration the recorded broadcast program is accessible by a user, the duration being based on rights granted by the content provider for permitting reservation of the broadcast program by one or more users for access at any point during a specified amount of time following broadcast of the program; receiving a selection by a user of the identifier; and allowing the user to access the recorded broadcast program in response to the received selection.