Patent ID: 8229283

Claim:
A method for recording a video with an interactive television application, the method comprising: identifying a scheduled broadcast of the video on a publicly available content source; recording the scheduled broadcast of the video with the interactive television application on a recording device; automatically determining, from a detected user action, that the video lacks a desirable recording attribute, wherein a lack of the desirable recording attribute adversely affects a user's viewing of the video, and wherein the detected user action is selected from the group consisting of instructing the recording device to record an incorrect video, changing a channel of a tuner of the recording device while the video is being recorded, turning the recording device on after the scheduled broadcast of the video has started, turning the recording device off before the end of the scheduled broadcast of the video, specifying low audio quality for the recording of the video, specifying low video quality for the recording of the video, and performing any other user action that causes the desirable recording attribute to be lacking; in response to the determination, automatically selecting, with control circuitry, a future occurrence of a broadcast of the video; and automatically recording the future occurrence of the broadcast of the video on the recording device.