Patent ID: 8879889

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a digital video recording (“DVR”) system, input representative of at least a first keyword and a second keyword from a user of a media content service; detecting, by the DVR system, the first keyword and the second keyword within closed captioning content associated with a media content instance available for access by the user by way of the media content service; identifying, by the DVR system within the media content instance, a first temporal position corresponding to the first keyword and a second temporal position corresponding to the second keyword; determining, by the DVR system, that: the first temporal position is separated from the second temporal position by less than a predetermined amount of time within the media content instance, or the first keyword is separated from the second keyword by less than a predetermined number of words within the closed captioning content; and performing, by the DVR system in response to the determining, one or more recording operations with respect to the media content instance.