Patent ID: 8331761

Claim:
In a digital video recording system configured with a processor and at least one mass storage device, a method for incorporating a current event data stream from a television broadcasted video signal onto a pre-recorded video stream for playback on a television set, said method comprising: retrieving, by said processor, a first digital video stream from the at least one mass storage device, said first digital video stream comprising television program content and a first event data stream; ascertaining, by said processor, whether a current event is located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal; if said ascertaining ascertains that the current event is located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal, then automatically replacing, by said processor, the first event data stream with the current event data stream in the retrieved first digital video stream to generate a composite video stream containing the television program content and the current event data stream; after said replacing the first event data stream, playing back, by said processor, on a screen of the television set the television program content concurrently with the current event data stream, said television program content and said current event data stream being concurrently visible on the screen during said playing back; if said ascertaining ascertains that the current event is not located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal, then automatically retaining, by said processor, the retrieved first digital video stream without replacing the first event data stream in the retrieved first digital video stream; after said retaining the retrieved first digital video stream, playing back, by said processor, on the screen of the television set the television program content in the retained first digital video stream.