Patent ID: 7457517

Claim:
A method for automatically selecting, recording and labeling media tracks from a broadcast media stream, the method comprising: a) providing user track preferences; b) receiving content information relating to said broadcast media stream; c) intermediate recording a segment of said broadcast media stream; d) automatically selecting zero or more tracks within said segment in accordance with said content information and said track preferences; e) automatically clipping each of said selected tracks in said segment by determining track start and end times; f) automatically final recording each of said clipped tracks to a recording medium; and g) automatically labeling each of said final recorded tracks with a meaningful label derived from said content information; wherein said content information does not provide a schedule of tracks to be played in the future; wherein said clipping comprises clipping at a first time which is a start time margin before said start time, and clipping at a second time which is an end time margin after said end time.