Personal versatile recorder: enhanced features, and methods for its use
First Claim
1. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
- means for programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record a selected event; and
means for recording said selected event, wherein said selected event is recorded in its entirety despite the occurence of a schedule change or an overrun of the selected event.
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Abstract
Described are methods and apparatus to enhance the use and recording features of the personal versatile recorder. A method and apparatus for accurately recording selected events despite the ambiguity of start and end times is described. The recording is done by a personal versatile recorder that is connected to, or integrated in, a cable television set-top terminal, satellite, off-air or other wireless receiver. Also described is a method and apparatus for handling pay-per-view events, as well as wirelessly accessing and recording of various content on other connected peripherals. The personal versatile recorder includes a central processing unit and a hard drive for mass data storage. Preferably, the personal versatile recorder and associated set-top device have dual tuners for receiving and recording one or more transport streams from the cable system as well as analog or digital audiovisual programming.
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60 Claims
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1. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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means for programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record a selected event; and
means for recording said selected event, wherein said selected event is recorded in its entirety despite the occurence of a schedule change or an overrun of the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 52)
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14. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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a personal recording apparatus programmed to record a selected event and for recording said selected event; and
an interface for recording said selected event from another peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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a personal recording apparatus programmed to record a selected event and for recording said selected event, said personal recording apparatus being incorporated into a wireless home network.
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18. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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means for programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record a selected event; and
means for recording said selected event, said selected event is music, said music conforming to a listener profile. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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device for programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record a selected event;
device for recording said selected event, said selected event being music, wherein said personal versatile recording apparatus tags, for recording, said music that is in progress to record said music at a later time.
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21. A personal versatile recording apparatus comprising:
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means for demodulating an event to produce an encrypted, compressed data bit stream;
means for decrypting the encrypted, compressed data bit stream to produce a compressed data bit stream;
means for decoding the compressed data bit stream to produce an analog audiovisual signal;
means for re-encoding the analog audiovisual signal to produce a re-compressed data bit stream. means for transcoding the re-compressed data bit stream to produce a re-compressed, transcoded data bit stream;
means for storing the re-compressed, transcoded data bit stream onto said storage medium to produce a stored data bit stream;
means for reading the stored data bit stream from said storage medium to produce a read data bit stream;
means for decoding the read data bit stream; and
means for registering said decoded event. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for recording an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus, the method comprising:
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selecting said event to record;
programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record said selected event; and
recording said selected event to produce a recorded event, wherein said recorded event is recorded in its entirety despite the occurence of a schedule change or overrun of the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for recording an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus, the method comprising:
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selecting said event to record;
programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record said selected event, said personal versatile recording apparatus including an interface for recording from another peripheral device; and
recording said selected event to produce a recorded event. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method for recording an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus, the method comprising:
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selecting said event to record;
programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record said selected event, said personal versatile recording apparatus being incorporated into a wireless home network; and
recording said selected event to produce a recorded event. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A method for recording an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus, the method comprising:
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selecting said event to record;
programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record said selected event; and
recording said selected event to produce a recorded event, said selected event being content conforming to a listener profile. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A method for recording an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus, the method comprising:
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selecting said event to record;
programming said personal versatile recording apparatus to record said selected event, said personal versatile recording apparatus tags, for recording, said music that is in progress to record said music at a later time; and
recording said selected event to produce a recorded event.
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45. A method for registering an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus having a storage medium thereon, the method comprising:
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demodulating said event to produce a demodulated event;
decrypting said demodulated event to produce a decrypted event;
decoding said decrypted event to produce a decoded event;
converting said decoded event into an analog signal;
encoding said digital stream to produce an encoded digital stream;
transcoding said encoded digital stream to produce a transcoded event;
storing said transcoded event onto said storage medium to produce a stored event;
reading said stored event from said storage medium to produce a read event;
decoding said read event to produce a decoded event; and
registering said decoded event. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for registering an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus having a storage medium thereon, the method comprising:
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demodulating said event to produce an encrypted, compressed data bit stream, decrypting the encrypted, compressed data bit stream to produce a compressed data bit stream;
decoding the compressed data bit stream to produce an analog audiovisual signal;
re-encoding the analog audiovisual signal to produce a re-compressed data bit stream. transcoding the re-compressed data bit stream to produce a re-compressed, transcoded data bit stream;
storing the re-compressed, transcoded data bit stream onto said storage medium to produce a stored data bit stream;
reading the stored data bit stream from said storage medium to produce a read data bit stream;
decoding the read data bit stream; and
registering said event. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method for registering an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus having a storage medium thereon, the method comprising:
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demodulating said event to produce an encrypted, compressed data bit stream, decrypting the encrypted, compressed data bit stream to produce a compressed data bit stream;
storing the compressed data bit stream onto said storage medium to produce a stored data bit stream;
reading the stored data bit stream from said storage medium to produce a read data bit stream;
decoding the read data bit stream; and
registering said event.
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58. A method for registering an event using a personal versatile recording apparatus having a storage medium thereon, the method comprising:
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demodulating said event to produce a demodulated event;
storing said demodulated event onto said storage medium to produce a stored event;
reading said stored event from said storage medium to produce a read event;
decrypting said read event to produce a decrypted event; and
registering said decrypted event. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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