Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting at least one of a start and a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break

摘要

Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a media content access subsystem, data representative of an instruction configured to trigger a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a scheduled recording stop time based on a clock reference, the scheduled recording stop time coinciding with a scheduled ending of the media content instance; detecting, by the media content access subsystem, a message indicative of an advertisement break proximate in time to the scheduled recording stop time coinciding with the scheduled ending of the media content instance; determining, by the media content access subsystem based on the message, when a beginning and an ending of the advertisement break will occur relative to the scheduled recording stop time coinciding with the scheduled ending of the media content instance; and selectively adjusting, by the media content access subsystem based on when the beginning and the ending of the advertisement break will occur relative to the scheduled recording stop time coinciding with the scheduled ending of the media content instance, the scheduled recording stop time based on the clock reference to coincide with the beginning or the ending of the advertisement break rather than with the scheduled ending of the media content instance.