Wireless digital video recorder
First Claim
1. A wireless digital video recorder for mobile and on-demand digital recording of video content, comprising:
- a wireless phone;
a receiver associated with the wireless phone configured to receive a broadcast signal containing video content; and
a digital video recorder in communication with the receiver and configured to digitally record the video content received by the receiver.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for receiving and recording video content on a wireless phone. Merely by way of example, one set of embodiments provides a wireless phone with the capability to receive a broadcast video signal and to decode, digitize and record the broadcast video signal. In other embodiments, the wireless phone has the capability to receive broadcast video signals and/or video signals streamed over a network and to record these signals. In still further embodiments, the wireless phone may receive video content transmitted over a wireless network and may format and/or encode the video content and record the video content. In some embodiments the wireless phone comprises a video player for playing video content.
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65 Claims
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1. A wireless digital video recorder for mobile and on-demand digital recording of video content, comprising:
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a wireless phone;
a receiver associated with the wireless phone configured to receive a broadcast signal containing video content; and
a digital video recorder in communication with the receiver and configured to digitally record the video content received by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless digital video recorder for mobile and on-demand digital recording of video content, comprising:
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a wireless phone;
a receiver in communication with the wireless phone and configured to receive a broadcast signal containing the video content;
a tuner in communication with the receiver and configured to select the broadcast signal containing the video content; and
a digital video recorder in communication with the tuner and configured to record the video content1. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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39. A wireless digital video recorder for mobile and on-demand digital recording of video content, comprising:
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a wireless phone;
a receiver attached to the wireless phone and configured to receive a broadcast signal containing the video content;
a tuner in communication with the receiver and configured to select the broadcast signal containing the video content;
a decoder in communication with the tuner and configured to digitize the video content; and
a digital video recorder in communication with the tuner and configured to record the video content. - View Dependent Claims (38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for digitally recording video content on a wireless phone, comprising:
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receiving at a wireless phone a set of video content, wherein the wireless phone incorporates a digital video recorder; and
storing the set of video content on the digital video recorder.
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53. A method for digitally recording video content on a wireless phone, comprising:
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receiving a broadcast video signal containing the video content at a receiver associated with a wireless phone;
decoding the video content;
digitizing the video content;
encoding the video content; and
storing the video content on a storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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