WEB FEED BASED RECORDING SCHEDULE
According to one aspect of this disclosure, a request is received to add content items indicated by a third-party web feed to a recording schedule. One or more of the content items indicated by the third-party web feed may be automatically added to the recording schedule. The recording schedule may indicate content items to be recorded by an electronic content recording device from a content provider.
1 . A method for automatically adding content items to a recording schedule, the method comprising:
receiving a request to add content items indicated by a third-party web feed to a recording schedule; and
automatically adding one or more of the content items indicated by the third-party web feed to the recording schedule, the recording schedule indicating content items to be recorded by an electronic content recording device from a content provider.
2 . The method of claim 1 , where at least one content item is a television broadcast.
3 . The method of claim 1 , where at least one content item is streaming video.
4 . The method of claim 1 , where one or more content items are indicated by the third-party web feed via metadata associated with that content item.
5 . The method of claim 4 , where adding the content items includes parsing the metadata to find a universal identification code that is not included in the third-party web feed, the universal identification code uniquely identifying the content item independent of the content provider.
6 . The method of claim 1 , where the third-party web feed includes one or more universal identification codes to uniquely identify the content item independent of the content provider.
7 . The method of claim 1 , where adding includes adding a subset of the indicated content items, the subset including preferred content items and excluding non-preferred content items.
8 . A method for automatically adding content items to a recording schedule, the method comprising:
receiving a request to add content items indicated by a third-party web feed to a recording schedule;
retrieving the third-party web feed;
parsing the third-party web feed to determine which content items are indicated by the third-party web feed; and
automatically adding one or more of the content items indicated by the third-party web feed to the recording schedule, the recording schedule indicating content items to be recorded by an electronic content recording device from a content provider.
9 . The method of claim 8 , where at least one content item is a television broadcast.
10 . The method of claim 8 , where at least one content item is streaming video.
11 . The method of claim 8 , where one or more content items are indicated by the third-party web feed via metadata associated with that content item.
12 . The method of claim 8 , where parsing the third-party web feed includes finding a universal identification code that is not included in the third-party web feed, the universal identification code uniquely identifying the content item independent of the content provider.
13 . The method of claim 8 , where the third-party web feed includes one or more universal identification codes to uniquely identify the content item independent of the content provider.
14 . The method of claim 8 , where adding the content items includes adding a subset of the indicated content items, the subset including preferred content items and excluding non-preferred content items.
15 . A method for automatically adding content items to a recording schedule, the method comprising:
receiving a request to add content items indicated by a third-party web feed to a recording schedule, the third party web feed syndicated via a subscription service;
retrieving a first instance of the third-party web feed;
parsing the first instance of the third-party web feed to determine which content items are indicated by the first instance of the third-party web feed;
automatically adding one or more of the content items indicated by the first instance of the third-party web feed to the recording schedule, the recording schedule indicating content items to be recorded by an electronic content recording device from the provider of the television broadcast;
retrieving a second instance of the third-party web feed;
parsing the second instance of the third-party web feed to determine which content items are indicated by the second instance of the third-party web feed; and
automatically adding one or more of the content items indicated by the second instance of the third-party web feed to the recording schedule.
16 . The method of claim 15 , where at least one content item is a television broadcast.
17 . The method of claim 15 , where one or more content items are indicated by the third-party web feed via metadata associated with that content item.
18 . The method of claim 15 , where parsing the third-party web feed includes finding a universal identification code that is not included in the third-party web feed, the universal identification code uniquely identifying the content item independent of the content provider.
19 . The method of claim 15 , where the third-party web feed includes one or more universal identification codes to uniquely identify the content item independent of the content provider.
20 . The method of claim 15 , where adding the content items includes adding a subset of the indicated content items, the subset including preferred content items and excluding non-preferred content items.