Recording device, method, and system for recording a media transmission

• US 20040146271A1
• Filed: 01/29/2003
• Published: 07/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Burks, David P.
• Application Number:
  US10/353,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20040146271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0887 for the transmission of programme or channel identifying signals

Abstract

A method of recording a media transmission, comprising receiving, by a recording device, a media transmission comprising non-image data having scheduling parameters defining a media transmission schedule, receiving, by the recording device, a record signal, reading, by the recording device, the scheduling parameters, and recording, by the recording device, a media transmission scheduled for transmission in accordance with the scheduling parameters is provided.

Claims

1. A method of recording a media transmission, comprising:

receiving, by a recording device, a media transmission comprising non-image data having scheduling parameters defining a media transmission schedule;

receiving, by the recording device, a record signal;

reading, by the recording device, the scheduling parameters; and

recording, by the recording device, a media transmission scheduled for transmission in accordance with the scheduling parameters.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving the record signal from a remote control unit, the remote control unit transmitting the record signal to the recording device upon actuation of a key.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing, by the recording device, the scheduling parameters.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission further comprises receiving a plurality of media frames each respectively comprising non-image data, the scheduling parameters distributed over the plurality of frames.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission further comprises receiving a media frame formatted according to a format selected from the group consisting of a National Television Standards Committee format, Phase Alternating Line format and Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire format.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein recording the media transmission further comprises polling a clock, recording the media transmission occurring when a transmission time defined by the scheduling parameters and a time provided by the clock coincide.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein polling a clock further comprises polling the clock for a time formatted according to Greenwich Mean Time.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission comprising non-image data further comprises receiving a frame comprising at least one of a start time, an end time, a date, and a transmission channel.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission further comprises receiving a media frame of a cable television transmission.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission further comprises receiving a media frame comprising an Internet media transmission.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a media transmission further comprises receiving a media frame comprising a satellite television transmission.

12. A recording device for recording a media transmission, comprising:

a receiver operable to receive a record signal;

a clock maintaining a time;

an input interface operable to receive a frame of a media transmission; and

a processor operable to read and write data to a memory module, read scheduling parameters from a non-image field of the received frame, receive time from the clock, and actuate recording components of the recording device when a time defined by the scheduling parameters and the time provided by the clock coincide.

13. The recording device according to claim 12, wherein the time maintained by the clock is maintained according to a Greenwich Mean Time format.

14. The recording device according to claim 12, wherein the processor writes the scheduling parameters into the memory module upon reception of the record signal.

15. The recording device according to claim 12, wherein the input interface is operable to receive a frame formatted according to at least one of National Television Standards Committee, Phase Alternating Line and Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire format.

16. The recording device according to claim 12, wherein the input interface is operable to receive a frame transmitted from at least one of a satellite transmission and a cable television transmission.

17. A system for recording a media transmission, comprising:

means for receiving, by a recording device, a media transmission frame comprising non-image data having scheduling parameters defining a media transmission time;

means for receiving, by the recording device, a record signal;

means for storing, by the recording device, the scheduling parameters upon reception of the record signal; and

means for recording, by the recording device, a media transmission scheduled for transmission in accordance with the scheduling parameters.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein means for receiving a media transmission frame comprising non-image data further comprises means for receiving a plurality of frames each respectively comprising non-image data, the scheduling parameters distributed over the plurality of frames.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein means for recording the media transmission further comprises means for polling a clock, recording of the media transmission occurring when a transmission time defined by the scheduling parameters and a time provided by the clock coincide.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein means for receiving a media transmission frame comprising non-image data further comprises means for receiving at least one of a start time, an end time, a date, and a transmission channel.