Patent ID: 7937728
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving content on a channel between a scheduled start time and a scheduled stop time, wherein a schedule specifies a planned transmission of a scheduled program between the scheduled start time and the scheduled stop time on the channel; recording the content to a saved program; determining that the content of the saved program comprises interruption content that is different from lost content, wherein the scheduled program comprises the lost content; calculating a begin time of the lost content relative to a beginning of the scheduled program; calculating the amount of the lost content, wherein the calculating the amount of the lost content further comprises calculating an amount of the interruption content, wherein the interruption content was received via a degraded signal; adding the begin time and the amount of the lost content to the request; sending a request for the lost content to a content provider if an amount of the lost content is greater than a first threshold amount and less than a second threshold amount; sending the request for the lost content to the content provider if the amount of the lost content is greater than the second threshold amount and the request comprises a fee authorization; refraining from the sending the request for the lost content to the content provider if the amount of the lost content, which is greater than zero, is not greater than the first threshold amount; receiving the lost content from the content provider; and replacing the interruption content in the saved program with the lost content.