SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO DETERMINING THE DESIRABILITY OF AND RECORDING PROGRAMMING EVENTS - Patent 1459530

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EP 1 459 530 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.12.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	22.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/39

(21)	Application number: 02791233.6

(22)	Date of filing: 12.11.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 7/025

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/036328

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/044624 (30.05.2003 Gazette 2003/22)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

16.11.2001 US 991807
16.11.2001 US 991741
16.11.2001 US 992686
16.11.2001 US 992882
16.11.2001 US 991814
16.11.2001 US 992414

(71)	Applicant: MYDTV, Inc.
	Burlingame, CA 94010 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DUDKIEWICZ, Gil Gavriel San Francisco, CA 94114 (US) HITT, Dale, Kittrick San Jose, CA 95121 (US) BARKER, Jonathan, Percy Tiburon, CA 94920 (US)

(74)	Representative: Holmes, Matthew Peter
	MARKS & CLERK,Sussex House,83-85 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3LG Manchester M2 3LG (GB)

(54)	SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO DETERMINING THE DESIRABILITY OF AND RECORDING PROGRAMMING EVENTS