APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION AND DISTRIBUTION
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1. A method comprising:
- storing compressed multimedia content in an interim storage buffer at a first compression ratio, said first compression ratio being that at which said compressed multimedia content was transmitted by a multimedia content broadcaster;
converting said compression ratio of said compressed multimedia content from said first compression ratio to a second compression ratio; and
storing said multimedia content compressed at said second compression ratio in a long term storage buffer.
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Abstract
A method implemented on a multimedia storage apparatus comprises storing digital multimedia content in an interim storage buffer at a first compression ratio, the first compression ratio being the ratio at which the digital multimedia content was transmitted by a multimedia content broadcaster; decompressing the multimedia content; recompressing the multimedia content at a second compression ratio specified by a user, the second compression ratio being higher than the first compression ratio; and storing the recompressed multimedia content in a long term storage buffer.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing compressed multimedia content in an interim storage buffer at a first compression ratio, said first compression ratio being that at which said compressed multimedia content was transmitted by a multimedia content broadcaster;
converting said compression ratio of said compressed multimedia content from said first compression ratio to a second compression ratio; and
storing said multimedia content compressed at said second compression ratio in a long term storage buffer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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storing first multimedia content in an trick mode data buffer on a mass storage device, said trick mode data buffer storing said first multimedia content at a compression ratio at which said first multimedia content was transmitted;
storing second multimedia content identified for long term storage in an interim multimedia buffer on said mass storage device at a compression ratio at which said second multimedia content was transmitted;
recompressing said second multimedia content as a background task at a second compression ratio responsive to a user request to record said multimedia content; and
storing said recompressed multimedia content in long term multimedia buffer on said mass storage device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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compressing an incoming multimedia signal in real time to produce first-compressed multimedia content;
storing said first-compressed multimedia content;
converting said first-compressed multimedia content to second-compressed multimedia content having a different compression ratio than said first-compressed multimedia content; and
storing said second-compressed multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for storing and playing back multimedia content comprising:
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means for storing compressed multimedia content in an interim storage buffer at a first compression ratio, said first compression ratio being that at which said compressed multimedia content was transmitted by a multimedia content broadcaster;
means for converting said compression ratio of said compressed multimedia content from said first compression ratio to a second compression ratio; and
means for storing said multimedia content compressed at said second compression ratio in a long term storage buffer. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system for storing and playing back multimedia content comprising:
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first compression means for compressing an incoming multimedia signal in real time to produce first-compressed multimedia content;
first storage means for storing said first-compressed multimedia content;
second compression means for converting said first-compressed multimedia content to second-compressed multimedia content having a different compression ratio than said first-compressed multimedia content; and
second storage means for storing said second-compressed multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:
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storing compressed multimedia content in an interim storage buffer at a first compression ratio, said first compression ratio being that at which said compressed multimedia content was transmitted by a multimedia content broadcaster;
converting said compression ratio of said compressed multimedia content from said first compression ratio to a second compression ratio; and
storing said multimedia content compressed at said second compression ratio in a long term storage buffer.
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