| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method for a television program recording and playback system such as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) or Digital Video Recorder (DVR) wherein the individual users and, optionally, categories of users, are established, an individual user logs in and selects a television program to be recorded. Later, after the program has been recorded, when a user logs in, a menu listing only those programs for which that user has selected for recording may be displayed in the graphical user interface (GUI). A user may also designate other users for a selected program and after that program is recorded and a designated user logs in, the list of programs includes those for which the logged in user has been designated. When there is insufficient storage space to record a program selected to be recorded, the system and method automatically delete from storage previously recorded programs according to a protocol which may consider how many of the permitted users have viewed the program, the thumbs up or thumbs down ratings assigned to the program by those users which have viewed the program, the group to which users which have not yet viewed the program belong, or how recently the stored program was viewed by a user. Passwords may be required for a user to log in.</p> |
