Data storage system and method that supports personal video recorder functionality
First Claim
1. A method of implementing data storage for use by one or more personal video recorders comprising:
- receiving data by said storage device provided by said one or more personal video recorders; and
storing said received data into one or more data storage drives of said storage device, said storage device acting as a centralized facility for storing, distributing, and sharing said data.
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Abstract
Various aspects of the invention provide a system, apparatus, and method of storing data in a storage device for use by one or more data processing devices, such as person video recorders, communicatively coupled to the data storage device. In a representative embodiment, the method comprises receiving data from the one or more personal video recorders, and storing the received data in the storage device, wherein the storage device acts as a centralized facility for storing data provided by the one or more personal video recorders. In a representative embodiment, a system for implementing a centralized storage mechanism used by one or more personal video recorders comprises a storage device comprising one or more storage drives and one or more switching devices that provides communicative coupling between the storage device and the one or more personal video recorders.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of implementing data storage for use by one or more personal video recorders comprising:
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receiving data by said storage device provided by said one or more personal video recorders; and
storing said received data into one or more data storage drives of said storage device, said storage device acting as a centralized facility for storing, distributing, and sharing said data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A method of providing data storage for a PVR ready set-top-box, said PVR ready set-top-box implemented without a data storage medium, said method comprising adding a storage device to a network, said storage device communicatively coupled to said PVR ready set-top-box by way of said network, said PVR ready set-top-box capable of storing data into said storage device, said PVR ready set-top-box capable of reading data from said storage device.
- 17. A method of expanding data storage capacity to a personal video recorder comprising adding a data storage device to a network, said data storage device communicatively coupled to said personal video recorder by way of said network.
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20. A system for implementing a centralized data storage mechanism for use by one or more personal video recorders comprising:
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a storage device comprising one or more data storage drives; and
one or more switching devices, said one or more switching devices providing communicative coupling between said storage device and said one or more personal video recorders. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for storing data comprising:
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a memory;
a set of software instructions resident within said memory;
one or more data storage drives used to store said data, said data utilized by one or more personal video recorders (PVRs), said apparatus communicatively coupled to said one or more personal video recorders; and
a controller capable of executing said set of instructions resident in said memory, said executing allowing the pooling of data to occur over said one or more data storage drives. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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