Reserved recording of broadcast programs

• US 20060253870A1
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sun-Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/397,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253870A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• 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 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

A system and method of reserved recording of a broadcast program includes: a set-top box storing broadcast program information and setting up reserved recording of the broadcast program in response to a reserved recording request; and a wireless transceiver receiving the broadcast program information from the set-top box and displaying the received broadcast program information on a display, and generating a reserved recording request signal including information of the broadcast program selected by a user for reserved recording and transmitting the generated signal to the set-top box.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a set-top box adapted to store broadcast program information and to set up a reserved recording of the broadcast program in response to a reserved recording request; and

a wireless transceiver adapted to receive the broadcast program information from the set-top box and to display the received broadcast program information on a display, and to generate a reserved recording request signal including information of the broadcast program selected by a user for reserved recording and to transmit the generated reserved recording request signal to the set-top box.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the set-top box comprises:

a first module adapted to encode and then transmit a broadcast program information signal to the wireless transceiver, and to receive and then decode the reserved recording request signal;

a second module adapted to store broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program information signal encoded by the first module and to transmit it to the wireless transceiver; and

a third module adapted to set up the reserved recording of a broadcast program corresponding to the reserved recording request signal received from the wireless transceiver and decoded by the first module.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises:

a first module adapted to receive a broadcasting information signal from the set-top box and to decode the received signal, and to encode the reserved recording request signal and to transmit the encoded signal to the set-top box;

a second module adapted to store the broadcast program information signal received from the set-top box and decoded by the first module;

a third module adapted to display broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program information signal stored in the second module on the display; and

a fourth module adapted to receive information of the broadcast program selected by the user of the wireless transceiver for reserved recording from among the broadcast program information displayed on the display by the third module.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises one of an infrared remote controller, a cellular telephone, and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver employs one of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a Bluetooth system, and an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) system.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast program information comprises Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information of the broadcast program selected by the user for reserved recording comprises at least one of a reserved recording program identification, a recording frequency, a reserved recording start time, and a reserved recording duration.

8. A set-top box comprising:

a first module adapted to encode a broadcast program information signal and to transmit the encoded signal to a wireless transceiver, and to receive and decode a reserved recording request signal from the wireless transceiver;

a second module adapted to store broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program information signal encoded by the first module and transmitted to the wireless transceiver; and

a third module adapted to set up a reserved recording of a broadcast program corresponding to the reserved recording request signal received from the wireless transceiver and decoded by the first module.

9. A wireless transceiver comprising:

a first module adapted to receive a broadcasting information signal from a set-top box and to decode the received signal, and to encode a reserved recording request signal and to transmit the encoded signal to the set-top box;

a second module adapted to store the broadcast program information signal received from the set-top box and decoded by the first module;

a third module adapted to display broadcast program information corresponding to the broadcast program information signal stored in the second module on a display; and

a fourth module adapted to receive information of a broadcast program selected by a user of the wireless transceiver for reserved recording from among the broadcast program information displayed on the display by the third module.

10. A method comprising:

generating, at a wireless transceiver, a broadcast program information request signal and transmitting the generated signal to a set-top box in response to a program search request input by a user;

transmitting, at the set-top box, broadcast program information to the wireless transceiver in response to the broadcast program information request signal;

outputting, at the wireless transceiver, the received broadcast program information on a display portion;

receiving, at the wireless transceiver, information of a broadcast program selected by the user for reserved recording, generating a reserved recording request signal, and transmitting the generated signal to the set-top box; and

setting up, at the set-top box, reserved recording of the broadcast program corresponding to the reserved recording program information included in the reserved recording request signal.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the program search request is effected by one of a program name and a channel number.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the broadcast program information comprises EPG information.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the broadcast program information is displayed on the display of the wireless transceiver in a text format.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the reserved recording program information comprises at least one of a reserved recording program identification, a recording frequency, a reserved recording start time, and a reserved recording duration.

15. A method comprising:

generating a broadcast program information request signal and transmitting the generated signal to a set-top box in response to a program search request input by a user of a wireless transceiver;

receiving broadcast program information from the set-top box;

displaying the received broadcast program information on a display;

receiving information of a broadcast program selected by the user of the wireless transceiver for reserved recording from among the broadcast program information displayed on the display, and generating a reserved recording request signal and transmitting the generated signal to the set-top box; and

setting a reserved recording of the broadcast program corresponding to the reserved recording program information included in the transmitted reserved recording request signal by the set-top box.

16. A method comprising:

receiving a broadcast program information request signal from a wireless transceiver;

extracting information of a broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast program information request signal from a program information database prepared in advance;

transmitting the extracted broadcast program information to the wireless transceiver;

receiving a reserved recording request signal from the wireless transceiver, the reserved recording request signal being generated on the basis of information of a broadcast program selected by a user of the wireless transceiver for reserved recording from among the transmitted broadcast program information; and

setting up reserved recording of the broadcast program corresponding to the reserved recording program information included in the received reserved recording request signal.