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Remote accessible programming

  • US 20020046404A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2001
  • Published: 04/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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