CLIENT-SERVER BASED INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH REMOTE SERVER RECORDING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a client-server interactive television program guide system that provides opportunity for selecting a plurality of programs to be recorded in a remote media server, to a plurality of users.

SOLUTION: A plurality of programs may also be recorded in a local media server. A program guide provides VCR-like control on the plurality of programs reproduced from a media server and copies cached real-time of the plurality of programs to the plurality of users. The program guide also provides opportunity for designating a gift receiver for whom the plurality of programs can be recorded to the plurality of users.

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