VIDEO SERVICES RECEIVER THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE-SPECIFIC LISTING OF RECORDED CONTENT, AND RELATED OPERATING METHODS

摘要

A method of operating a video services receiver is provided. The video services receiver can record program content and present recorded program content to a user. The method provides first program content to a presentation device, and obtains a request for program content recorded from the particular programming service (channel) that is providing the first program content. In response to the request, the method searches for recorded program content associated with the particular programming service, and then controls a display of search results obtained from the searching. The display is rendered as an interactive channel-specific listing of recorded content.

主权项

1. A method of presenting information associated with program content recorded with a video services receiver, the method comprising:
determining an identifier of a programming service corresponding to a program that is currently being presented by the video services receiver; interrogating a database of recorded program content maintained by the video services receiver; retrieving, from the database, at least one entry that includes the identifier, while disregarding any entry in the database that does not include the identifier; and presenting information that describes the at least one entry.