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United States of America Patent

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14495994

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Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.

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THE DIRECTV GROUP INC2230 E IMPERIAL HIGHWAY P O BOX 956 EL SEGUNDO CA 90245

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goodwin, Mark D Mountain View, US 21 224
Shaffer, Ted Los Altos Hills, US 5 37

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