AUTOMATIC VIDEO PROGRAM RECORDING IN AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION ENVIRONMENT

• Main Authors: GORDON DONALD, PAVLOVSKAIA LENA Y, FOSSGREEN DONALD J, LANDAU AIRAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 12.11.2010
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

Systems and methods for recording a broadcast video program are disclosed. The system is coupled to a television of a user. The broadcast video program is displayed on the user's television and includes associated user selectable material. The system has an input for receiving the broadcast video program and the associated selectable material. A user interface device operates with the system allowing a user to select the selectable material. In response to selection of the selectable material, a processing module requests interactive content related to the selectable material from a processing office. In response to the selection of the selectable material, the system causes a video recorder to automatically begin recording of the broadcast video program. The interactive content is then displayed on the user's television. When the user has finished interacting with the interactive content, the recorded video program is retrieved and displayed on the user's television at the point in the video program when the selectable material was requested.