Remote accessible programming
First Claim
1. A remote video recording and retrieval system comprising:
- a first computing device having access to a tuner, to a computer network, and to a video recording mechanism, said first computing device being effective for encoding a video signal into at least one predetermined video data encoding format; and
a second computing device having access to said first computing device via said computer network, and having access to a first data store remote from said first computing device, said second computing device being effective for submitting a user ID identifying itself and for submitting recording instructions to said first computing device for recording a televised program;
said first computing devise being effective for accessing and recording said televised program via said tuner and said video recording mechanism, said first computing device being further effective placing a first visible ID stamp corresponding to said user ID on a visible section of the recorded televised program and transferring a video encoded data version of said recorded televised program to said first data store.
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Abstract
A local user issues recording instructions via the Internet to a remote computing device. The remote recording device includes a computer daughter board that records broadcast programs available to it according to the received recording instructions and encodes the recorded program into a specified media format. The daughter board further adds a first field identifying the user and a second field listing some of the received recording instructions on the recording. If the recording is video, then the fields are placed on visible sections of the recording. The file holding the encoded broadcast program may be subdivided into multiple smaller files before being moved into another computer specified by the user and accessible via the Internet. The remote computing device may receive recording instruction via a pulse telephone and may be incorporated into existing video cassette recorders.
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100 Claims
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1. A remote video recording and retrieval system comprising:
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a first computing device having access to a tuner, to a computer network, and to a video recording mechanism, said first computing device being effective for encoding a video signal into at least one predetermined video data encoding format; and
a second computing device having access to said first computing device via said computer network, and having access to a first data store remote from said first computing device, said second computing device being effective for submitting a user ID identifying itself and for submitting recording instructions to said first computing device for recording a televised program;
said first computing devise being effective for accessing and recording said televised program via said tuner and said video recording mechanism, said first computing device being further effective placing a first visible ID stamp corresponding to said user ID on a visible section of the recorded televised program and transferring a video encoded data version of said recorded televised program to said first data store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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47. A media recording and encoding apparatus comprising:
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a tuner for receiving broadcast information;
a record and encode mechanism coupled to said tuner and effective for recording and encoding said broadcast information to produce an encoded data file representation of said broadcast information;
a network interface including an access node coupled to a computer network for receiving a logon request including a user ID and recording instructions;
a data store coupled to said encode and record mechanism and to said network access node;
said apparatus being effective for activating said tuner and said record and encode mechanism in accordance with said recording instructions, posting a user name corresponding to said user ID on the resultant encoded data file, and storing said resultant encoded data file in said data store.
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62. A method of remotely recording and retrieving broadcast information comprising:
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a. using a first local computing device to connect to a second remote computing device via a computer network;
b. using said first computing device to submit a user ID and to submit recording instructions to said second computing device, said recording instructions including a selection of a broadcast station and a recording time window specifying a future time;
c. using said second computing device to tune a broadcast receiver to receive said selected broadcast station and to initiate recording of received signals from said selected broadcast station during said recording time window;
d. encoding said received signals into a predetermined encode format to produce an encoded digital representation of said received signals and placing a user name corresponding to said user ID on said encoded digital representation;
e. using said second computing device to transmit said encoded digital representation to a predetermined destination via said computer network; and
f. accessing said encoded digital representation from said predetermined destination location. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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- 80. The method of said 78 wherein each of said multiple recording session includes a priority level and step d includes reassigning a first memory space corresponding to a first recording session having a first priority level to a second recording session having a second priority level higher than said first priority level.
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83. A method of broadcast program reservation and retrieval comprising the following steps:
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a. maintaining a user database of authorized users. b. requesting user identification information from a prospective user;
c. using said user database to authenticate said prospective user and not proceeding to step e unless said prospective user is authenticated as an authorized user by said identification information and said user database;
e. accepting recording instructions from said authorized user, storing said recording instruction in a scheduling database, and associating said recording instructions with said authorized user;
f. reviewing said scheduling database and instigating a recording session as determined by said scheduling database, said recording session including the encoding of a recorded broadcast program into a predetermined encode format;
g. notifying said authorized user of completion of said recording session. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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