System and method for recording and displaying video programs and mobile hand held devices
First Claim
1. A television recording and playback system, comprising:
- a storage device;
a remote controller;
means for receiving a television program from a broadcast signal source;
means for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to select, using the remote controller, a television program to be received and stored in the storage device;
means for receiving and storing in the storage device the first selected television program in a first display format, a second display format adapted for display on a handheld device, or the first and second display formats in the storage device in response to a user selection; and
means for transferring, to a handheld display device, the first television program in the second display format in response to user selection.
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Abstract
A television recording and playback system such as a personal video recorder digitally encodes a television program in handheld format and stores it in local memory. The stored handheld format television program can be outputted from the television recording and playback system, using either wired or wireless protocols, to a handheld device such as a personal data assistant for viewing on the handheld device. Alternatively the handheld device can output the television program to a different device such as another handheld device. The selection of programs for recording in large display format, handheld format, or simultaneously in both formats, can be by using a graphical user interface generated by the television recording and playback system or by the handheld device, and preferably with an electronic program guide containing information about programs to be, and being, broadcast.
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20 Claims
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1. A television recording and playback system, comprising:
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a storage device;
a remote controller;
means for receiving a television program from a broadcast signal source;
means for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to select, using the remote controller, a television program to be received and stored in the storage device;
means for receiving and storing in the storage device the first selected television program in a first display format, a second display format adapted for display on a handheld device, or the first and second display formats in the storage device in response to a user selection; and
means for transferring, to a handheld display device, the first television program in the second display format in response to user selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling a television recording and playback system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving user selected programming information indicative of television programs to be recorded to a storage device;
receiving and storing the selected television programs in a first display format, a second display format adapted for display on a handheld display device, or the first and second display formats on the storage device, in response to the programming information and a display format selection;
providing a graphic user interface(GUI) for allowing a user to select a stored television program to be transferred to a handheld display device; and
transferring the selected stored television program in the second display format to the handheld display device in response to a user synchronization mode selection. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A television recording and playback system, comprising:
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a storage device;
a remote controller;
means for receiving a television program from a signal source;
means for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to select, using the remote controller, a first television program to be received and stored in the storage device;
means for receiving and storing in the storage device the first television program in a first display format;
means for storing in the storage device the first television program in a second display format adapted for display on a handheld display device; and
means for transferring, to the handheld display device, the first television program in the second display format in response to user selection of a desired display format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A television recording and playback system, comprising:
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a storage device;
a remote controller;
means for receiving a television program from a signal source;
means for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to select, using the remote controller, a first television program to be received and stored in the storage device;
means for receiving and storing in the storage device the first television program in a predetermined display format;
means for transferring, to the handheld display device, the first television program in the predetermined display format in response to user selection.
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19. A method for controlling a handheld display device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a graphic user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to select a television program stored on a television recording and playback system for transfer to the handheld display device, and generating synchronizing commands in response to the user selection;
transferring the synchronizing commands to the television recording and playback system when the handheld display device is connected to the television recording and playback system;
receiving the selected television program transmitted in response to the synchronizing commands; and
displaying the selected television program in response to user playback commands. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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