Patent ID: 8724971
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of recording transmitted data items comprising: receiving, at one or more inputs, a plurality of programmes and associated identifier (ID) data identifying an associated programme and an associated series to which the associated programme belongs; receiving, at an input interface, user input indicating that a user is viewing or recording the programmes associated with the series of programmes; determining based on the user input whether one or more received programmes have been viewed or recorded by the user; generating ranking values for ranking the series to which each of the received programmes belong based upon the received user input and based upon determining whether the programme has been viewed or recorded, wherein each of the ranking values correspond to a confidence value that indicates a likelihood that the user viewed the programme that has been received or recorded; and storing subsequently received programmes in a storage device based on the generated ranking values, the stored programmes belonging to the associated series for which a ranking value has been generated, wherein the user input is at least one of: the method further comprising: the method further comprising: