System and method for displaying near video on demand
CA 2400654 A1 · Owner: Willard, Pierre · Inventors: Willard, Pierre
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A method for displaying of near video on demand programs broadcast over a network system to a receiver operable to record at least one channel. The program includes a plurality of segments broadcast over two or more channels during a plurality of time intervals. The method includes displaying a first segment of the program as it is broadcast at a first time interval (88) and recording a second segment of the program at the first time interval if the second segment is not scheduled for broadcast at a second time interval (96). The second segment is displayed if broadcast at the second time interval or the recorded second segment is played at the second time interval if not …
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- Filed January 16, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 16, 2021.
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