Patent ID: 7882520

Claim:
A process for adjusting start and end times of a program recording schedule in a computer environment, comprising: accepting user input, the user indicates a program to record and the program has a start availability time and an end availability time listed in an electronic program guide; displaying at least one input screen to the user that contains a first entry field and a second entry field and allows the user to specify a first relative amount of time in the first entry field to adjust the program's start availability time and/or specify a second relative amount of time in the second entry field to adjust the program's end availability time, the first relative amount of time is displayed in the first entry field when the user specifies the first relative amount of time to adjust the program's start availability time and the second relative amount of time is displayed in the second entry field when the user specifies the second relative amount of time to adjust the program's end availability time; scheduling a start recording time and end recording time for the program using the program's start availability time and end availability time; recording the program on at least one storage device in a digital format; and wherein the scheduling step further comprises: adjusting the scheduled start recording time for the program using the first relative amount of time specified by the user in the first entry field and/or adjusting the scheduled end recording time for the program using the second relative amount of time specified by the user in the second entry field.