Patent ID: 9215400
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: accessing, by a recording device, metadata describing programs; accessing, by the recording device, correlation data comprising groups of related programs, each group identifying at least: a first program played or scheduled for recording by one or more other recording devices, and one or more second programs that were also played or scheduled for recording by the one or more other recording devices; comparing, by the recording device, the correlation data with a subset of the metadata describing programs, the subset describing programs that were previously played or scheduled for recording by the recording device; based on the comparing, the recording device selecting a particular second program, of the programs described in the metadata, that was identified by a particular group of the groups of related programs in the correlation data, based on the recording device determining that a particular first program in the particular group was previously played or scheduled for recording by the recording device; responsive to selecting the particular second program, the recording device causing recording the particular second program; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.