Capturing border metadata while recording content

Abstract

A digital video recorder records first content from a channel broadcast that includes second content adjacent to the first content in response to a user request and stores a border around the first content that includes a portion of the second content and metadata related to the second content. The border may be previous and/or subsequent to the first content. In some implementations, the digital video recorder may obtain the metadata from a source other than from which the digital video recorder receives the content. The first content and the metadata may be recorded at the same and/or different times.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A digital video recorder system, comprising:
 a non-transitory storage medium; and   a processing unit that executes instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium to:
 record a first linear instance of content that is broadcast as part of a content stream to create a recording, the content stream including at least one advertisement immediately preceding the first linear instance of content in the content stream and a second linear instance of content immediately preceding the at least one advertisement, the recording including a border in the recording that comprises the at least one advertisement and only a portion of the second linear instance of content; and 
 store metadata related to the second linear instance of content in association with the recording. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit stores additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit omits storing of additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit provides the metadata related to the second linear instance of content upon request during access of the recording. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit provides the metadata related to the second linear instance of content upon request. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit stores the metadata in the recording. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing unit creates the recording in response to user input. 
     
     
         8 . A digital video recorder system, comprising:
 a non-transitory storage medium; and   a processing unit that executes instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium to:
 record a first linear instance of content that is broadcast as part of a content stream to create a recording, the content stream including at least one advertisement immediately preceding the first linear instance of content in the content stream and a second linear instance of content immediately preceding the at least one advertisement, the recording including a border in the recording that comprises the at least one advertisement and only a portion of the second linear instance of content; and 
 store metadata related to the second linear instance of content in association with the recording. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing unit stores the metadata in the recording. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing unit provides the metadata related to the second linear instance of content during access of the recording. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing unit provides the metadata related to the second linear instance of content upon request. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the first linear instance of content is associated with a scheduled broadcast time window; and   the first linear instance of content is broadcast in the content stream at least partially outside the scheduled broadcast time window due to a broadcast schedule variation.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing unit omits storing of additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing unit stores additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         15 . A method for operating a digital video recorder system, comprising:
 recording a first linear instance of content that is broadcast as part of a content stream to create a recording, the content stream including a set of content immediately preceding or following the first linear instance of content in the content stream, the set of content including at least one advertisement and a second linear instance of content, the recording including a border in the recording that comprises the at least one advertisement and only a portion of the second linear instance of content;   obtaining metadata for the second linear instance of content; and   storing the metadata in association with the recording.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises storing additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises omitting storage of additional metadata for the at least one advertisement in association with the recording. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving a request for the metadata; and   providing the metadata.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises storing the metadata in the recording. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises receiving a recording request that specifies a recording time window corresponding to a scheduled broadcast time window associated with the first linear instance of content.