Methods and systems for resolving conflicts in a multi-tuner digital video recording system

摘要

An exemplary method includes a conflict resolution system 1) detecting a request for a DVR system having a plurality of tuners to tune to a media content program at a time during which all of the tuners are tuned to other media content programs, 2) identifying one or more media content programs that are being presented by the DVR system at the time of the request and one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system at the time of the request, 3) presenting a conflict resolution interface that includes one or more selectable entries representative of the identified one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system, and 4) excluding the identified one or more media content programs that are being presented by the DVR system from being represented in the conflict resolution interface.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a conflict resolution system, a request for a digital video recording (“DVR”) system having a plurality of tuners to tune to a media content program at a time during which all of the tuners are tuned to other media content programs; identifying, by the conflict resolution system in response to the request, one or more media content programs included in the other media content programs and that are being displayed by way of one or more displays communicatively coupled to the DVR system at the time of the request, and one or more media content programs included in the other media content programs and that are only being recorded by the DVR system without being displayed by way of the one or more displays communicatively coupled to the DVR system at the time of the request; presenting, by the conflict resolution system in response to the identifying, a conflict resolution interface that includes one or more selectable entries representative of the identified one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system without being displayed by way of the one or more displays communicatively coupled to the DVR system at the time of the request, wherein the identified one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system are tuned to at the time of the request by a first set of one more tuners included in the plurality of tuners; and excluding, by the conflict resolution system, the identified one or more media content programs that are being displayed by way of the one or more displays communicatively coupled to the DVR system at the time of the request from being represented in the conflict resolution interface, wherein the one or more media content programs that are being displayed by way of the one or more displays communicatively coupled to the DVR system are tuned to at the time of the request by a second set of one more tuners included in the plurality of tuners.