Patent ID: 8364022

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer program instructions data, the computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, that when executed by a computer, manage digital video recording of alternative event data during a blackout of primary event data at a client device, the computer program further comprising: instructions to receive input data scheduling a digital video recording for the primary event data; instructions to receive at the client device, notification data indicating blackout of the primary event data; instructions to present alternative event data at the client device indicating alternative event data available for recording on the client device during the blackout event; instructions to receive notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for the event; instructions to proceed with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; instructions to graphically present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device; and instructions to aurally present the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device.