Systems and methods for recording overlapping media content during scheduling conflicts
View Patent ↗In many aspects, systems and methods for recording overlapping media content using interactive media guidance applications are provided. The systems and methods for recording overlapping media content generally relate to cropping overlapping portions of the media content thereby allowing a user to enjoy most of the recording while only forgoing a portion of the beginning or the end of a program.
1. A method of recording a plurality of programs, comprising:
receiving a user input to record a first program and a second program, wherein scheduled recording times for the first program and the second program overlap;
determining a first value that corresponds to a length of time the scheduled recording times overlap;
retrieving a second value from memory, wherein the second value corresponds to a maximum permissible overlap amount between the first program and the second program for the first program and the second program to both be recorded;
comparing the first value to the second value; and
in response to determining that the first value is less than or equal to the second value, recording the first program in its entirety and recording the second program without a portion of time corresponding to an overlap between the first program and the second program.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second value is 10 minutes.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining which of the first program and the second program has a lower recording priority.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a program that is scheduled for recording later has the lower recording priority.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein a program that is scheduled for recording earlier has the lower recording priority.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein program that is a single instance recording has the lower recording priority.
7. The method of claim 3 , wherein a program that is a single instance recording has a higher recording priority.
8. The method of claim 3 , wherein a program that is a series recording has the lower recording priority.
9. The method of claim 3 , wherein a program that is a series recording has a higher recording priority.
10. The method of claim 3 , wherein a beginning portion of the first program overlaps with an end portion of the second program.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a user determines which of the first program and the second program has a lower recording priority.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first program includes a user specified recording priority.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second value is user configurable.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recording a third program in its entirety, the third program overlapping at least one of the first program and the second program and having a higher recording priority than the first program or the second program.
15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display an indication in an interactive media guidance application that the second program has been cropped.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first program and the second program are recorded using an interactive media guidance application.
17. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining which of the first program and the second program has the lower recording priority is based on a recording priority ranking list.
18. A system for recording a plurality of programs, comprising:
an input device for receiving a user input to record a first program and a second program, wherein scheduled recording times for the first program and the second program overlap; and
control circuitry, configured to:
determine a first value that corresponds to a length of time the scheduled recording times overlap;
retrieve a second value from memory, wherein the second value corresponds to a maximum permissible overlap amount between the first program and the second program for the first program and the second program to both be recorded;
compare the first value to the second value; and
in response to determining that first value is less than or equal to the second value, record the first program in its entirety and record the second program without a portion of time corresponding to an overlap between the first program and the second program.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the second value is 10 minutes.
20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine when the first program and the second program are scheduled for recording.
21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set a recording priority for the first program and the second program.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the recording priority for a program that is scheduled for recording earlier to have the lower recording priority.
23. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the recording priority for a program that is a single instance recording to have the lower recording priority.
24. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the recording priority for a program that is a single instance recording to have the higher recording priority.
25. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the recording priority for a program that is a series recording to have the lower recording priority.
26. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the recording priority for a program that is a series recording to have the higher recording priority.
27. The system of claim 21 , wherein a beginning portion of the first program overlaps with an end portion of the second program.
28. The system of claim 21 , wherein the user input includes a determination of which of the first program and the second program has a lower recording priority.
29. The system of claim 18 , wherein the user input includes a recording priority for the first program.
30. The system of claim 18 , wherein the user input includes the second value.
31. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to direct the recording device to record a third program in its entirety, the third program overlapping at least one of the first program and the second program and having a higher recording priority than the first program or the second program.
32. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display an indication in an interactive media guidance application that the second program has been cropped.
33. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to record the first program using an interactive media guidance application.
34. The system of claim 21 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine which of the first program and the second program has a lower recording priority based on a recording priority ranking list.
35. A method of recording a plurality of programs, comprising:
receiving a user input to record a first program and a second program, wherein scheduled recording times for the first program and the second program overlap;
determining a first value that corresponds to a length of time the scheduled recording times overlap;
retrieving a second value from memory, wherein the second value corresponds to a maximum permissible overlap amount between the first program and the second program for the first program and the second program to both be recorded; and
comparing the first value to the second value to determine whether to record both the first program and the second program.
36. A system for recording a plurality of programs, comprising control circuitry configured to:
receive a user input to record a first program and a second program, wherein scheduled recording times for the first program and the second program overlap;
determine a first value that corresponds to a length of time the scheduled recording times overlap;
retrieve a second value from memory, wherein the second value corresponds to a maximum permissible overlap amount between the first program and the second program for the first program and the second program to both be recorded; and
compare the first value to the second value to determine whether to record both the first program and the second program.