Patent ID: 6901209
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G10L,G11B,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. I claim an improved access system for multiple television programs delivered in compressed form on one or more delivery channels, said access system including at least one of the multiple programs being delivered without a user's specific request, at least one of said multiple programs including at least some substantive displayable information that may be distinct from a listing of the programs allowing access, storage, and/or retrieval thereof, the accessible program having frequency related information with a certain run time of presentation for a user who may desire a run time that can be different, said access system further including: means for recording at least two of the multiple programs in a data random access capable storage medium at the user's location, means for the user to select a particular program from the data storage medium at the user's location and means to decompress said particular television program for use by the user before or after storage, which use can include display of a particular program including at least some of said substantive displayable information, and means to alter the frequency of the frequency related information to compensate for a different run time of presentation.