Patent ID: 8406603
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sending a plurality of windows to a display device, wherein a first window of the plurality of windows is designated to display a first set of programs associated with a first favorite channel of a set of favorite channels and a second window of the plurality of windows is designated to display a second set of programs associated with a second favorite channel of the set of favorite channels; automatically recording each of the first set of programs and automatically recording each of the second set of programs, wherein a recording entry is created for each recorded program of automatically recorded programs associated with the set of favorite channels, wherein each recording entry includes a begin program marker that identifies a particular recorded program associated with a particular favorite channel of the set of favorite channels, wherein the begin program marker indicates a starting position of the particular recorded program and an address of a storage location corresponding to the particular recorded program, and wherein the starting position corresponds to a start time of the particular recorded program identified from an electronic programming guide; and in response to a request to start the particular recorded program of the automatically recorded programs associated with the set of favorite channels at one of the first window and the second window, automatically playing the particular recorded program from the begin program marker, wherein the particular recorded program is played in a particular window of the plurality of windows.