Automatically recording supplemental content
First Claim
1. A television receiver comprising:
- one or more tuners;
a communication component;
one or more processors; and
a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;
receive a plurality of instances of content via the one or more tuners broadcast by a first content provider;
record the plurality of instances of content received via the one or more tuners from the first content provider;
receive, from the first content provider, an instruction to record a supplemental content instance available as offline content; and
record, via the communication component, the supplemental content instance available as offline content in accordance with the instruction, wherein the one or more tuners receive the plurality of instances of content via a first communication link and the communication component receives the supplemental content instance via a second communication link distinct from the first communication link.
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Abstract
A content provider transmits instructions to a content receiver to record multiple instances of content. The instances of content are included in the same frequency band of a broadcast transmitted by the content provider via a first communication link and scrambled utilizing the same control word. The content provider determines to supplement the multiple instances of content and transmits an instruction to record a supplemental instance of content from a second content provider via a second communication link. The content receiver receives the instructions and accordingly receives, descrambles, and stores the multiple instances of content and the supplemental instance of content. In some implementations, the first communication link may be a satellite communication link and the second communication link may be a different type of communication link such as a terrestrial broadcast communication link and/or an Internet protocol communication link.
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20 Claims
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1. A television receiver comprising:
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one or more tuners; a communication component; one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; receive a plurality of instances of content via the one or more tuners broadcast by a first content provider; record the plurality of instances of content received via the one or more tuners from the first content provider; receive, from the first content provider, an instruction to record a supplemental content instance available as offline content; and record, via the communication component, the supplemental content instance available as offline content in accordance with the instruction, wherein the one or more tuners receive the plurality of instances of content via a first communication link and the communication component receives the supplemental content instance via a second communication link distinct from the first communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for recording content, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a television receiver, a plurality of instances of content, via one or more tuners, broadcast by a first content provider; recording, by the television receiver, the plurality of instances of content received via the one or more tuners from the first content provider; receiving, by the television receiver, from the first content provider, an instruction to record a supplemental content instance available as offline content; and obtaining, by the television receiver, via a communication component, the supplemental content instance available as offline content in accordance with the instruction, wherein the one or more tuners receive the plurality of instances of content via a first communication link and the communication component receives the supplemental content instance via a second communication link distinct from the first communication link. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to:
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receive a plurality of instances of content via one or more tuners broadcast by a first content provider; record the plurality of instances of content received via the one or more tuners from the first content provider; receive, from the first content provider, an instruction to record a supplemental content instance available as offline content; and record, via a communication component, the supplemental content instance available as offline content in accordance with the instruction, wherein the one or more tuners receive the plurality of instances of content via a first communication link and the communication component receives the supplemental content instance via a second communication link distinct from the first communication link. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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