Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
725055000 | Provided on recordable medium | 9 |
20090094647 | Node device, recording medium recording process program, information delivery system and recording medium recording server processing program - To provide a node device or the like which can view programs broadcasted in past by a simple operation without applying a large load to a specific device such as a server. | 04-09-2009 |
20100011396 | PROGRAM GUIDE PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRINTING PROGRAM GUIDE USING THE PROGRAM GUIDE PRINTING DEVICE - A program guide printing device receives program information and generates program guide print data from the received program information. In printing of the program guide, in a blank region occurring in a program frame for displaying program name and the like of each program, not only program information of another program or additional information such as advertisement information, program topics, whether forecast, and text, but also images are printed. Thus, printing of a program guide using a limited area effectively can be carried out. | 01-14-2010 |
20100131987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RECORD MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods of recording media content are provided. A particular method includes accessing user configuration settings. The user configuration settings include at least one premier recording option. Selection of the premier recording option indicates that initial episodes of series programs are to be recorded. The method also includes searching electronic program guide (EPG) information for the initial episodes of series programs in response to determining that the premier recording option is selected in the user configuration settings. The method further includes storing a data record scheduling recording of a particular initial episode of a particular series program identified by searching the EPG information. | 05-27-2010 |
20110016490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT IN REAL-TIME - Systems and methods are disclosed to facilitate the reception, processing, outputting, and communication of content from one or more sources. Content is stored on a digital video recorder and a content storage server. The digital video recorder exchanges metadata with the content storage server that indicates the specific content stored on the digital video recorder. A communication device may request access to the content stored on the content storage server. The content storage server determines if the communication device is associated with a digital video recorder that is storing the requested content. If the communication device is associated with a digital video recorder storing the requested content, the content storage server sends the requested content stored on the content storage server to the communication device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110296466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-NETWORK PROGRAM RETRIEVAL - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, network device having a controller programmed to transmit requests on a primary network for a program recording corresponding to a program on at least one of the plurality of Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) where the EPGs are retrieved from a plurality of network sources including a plurality of remote network sources unaffiliated with the primary network and receive the requested program recording. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
20120060194 | PROGRAMMING-NETWORK CONTROL OF TIME-SHIFT TELEVISION RECORDING - A method and apparatus in a television delivery system for enabling a programming network or other content owner to control recording of television programs by a service provider network. The programming network transmits the television programs to the service provider network, and the service provider network records the television programs for time-shifted delivery to end users. The programming network determines scheduling information for the television programs, creates recording instructions based on the scheduling information, and injects the recording instructions as metadata in a media stream sent to the service provider network. A recording system in the service provider network extracts the metadata from the media stream, and records the television programs in accordance with the received recording instructions. The recording instructions are more accurate and up-to-date than existing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information. Additional control instructions may also be included in the metadata. | 03-08-2012 |
20120144430 | RECORDING MULTI-STREAM INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, allows recording and playback of multi-stream interactive television. In one approach to this technology, the service configuration for an interactive television feature is determined. Data describing this service configuration is then obtained, and a recording device is then configured to record a portion of the interactive television feature. A number of data streams associated with that portion of the interactive television feature are recorded. The recorded portion of the interactive television feature can then be displayed. | 06-07-2012 |
20130247111 | TRANSFER OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS FROM CHANNEL-SPECIFIC FILES TO PROGRAM-SPECIFIC FILES - A television receiver including a tuner and one or more processors may be presented. The television receiver may be configured to tune the tuner to a television channel. The television receiver may be configured to create and store an omnibus channel file containing a plurality of television programs broadcast consecutively on the television channel over a period of time. The television receiver may be configured to, after a predefined period of time, select the omnibus channel file for deletion. The television receiver may be configured to determine a television program to receive extended storage. The television receiver may be configured to store a portion of the omnibus channel file as an individual program file, wherein the portion of the omnibus channel file corresponds to the television program. The television receiver may be configured to, after storing the portion of the omnibus channel file, delete the omnibus channel file. | 09-19-2013 |
20160191988 | SECURE TRANSFER OF PREVIOUSLY BROADCASTED CONTENT - A method and apparatus for secure transfer of previously broadcasted content enables the secure transfer of previously broadcasted content between DVRs on a computer network. | 06-30-2016 |