18.02.2010 21:50 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

TiVo granted patent on recording Season Pass subscriptions by priority

It's been a ten year process, but TiVo just won a patent on managing DVR recording schedules and resolving schedule conflicts using a list of shows ordered by priority. US Patent #7,665,11 covers "recording, storing, and deleting of television and/or web page program material" by generating a prioritized list of shows that contains both shows chosen and ranked by users and shows the DVR think you'll like, matching that list against the program guide and available recording space, and resolving conflicts based on the priority list. Yeah, that's what basically every DVR on the market does now -- but before you run off screaming into the woods, remember that remember that this was all basically uncharted territory when TiVo applied for this patent way back in 1999, the same year it launched one of the first DVRs. Of course, TiVo has been

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