Method of recording audio-visual content in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method of recording audiovisual content in a communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, characterized in that said audiovisual content is recorded by a network recorder at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to exchange information with at least one network recorder via said communications network, said method comprising the following steps:
- the network recorder declaring itself in the network, the declaration indicating at least;
a means of access to said recorder, a list of broadcast channels whose broadcast audiovisual content can be recorded by the network recorder, the user using a terminal to select a network recorder able to record at least one required audiovisual content and to connect thereto using said access means in order to request the recording of said at least one audiovisual content, said request including an identification of said at least one audiovisual content to be recorded that consists in a unique reference of said content and/or an identification of an instance of said content consisting of at least the identification of the broadcast channel of said instance accompanied by the indication of a broadcast time band, and the network recorder sending a response to the user'"'"'s recording request containing, if the request is accepted, an identification of the accepted recording request for each content to be recorded.
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Abstract
According to the invention, said communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, said audiovisual content being recorded at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to communicate with at least one network recorder, said method comprises the following steps: the network recorder identifying itself, indicating at least: a means of access to said recorder, a list of broadcast channels, the user selecting a network recorder able to record at least one required audiovisual content and connecting thereto using said access means in order to request the recording of said at least one audiovisual content, said request including an identification of the audiovisual content to be recorded, and the network recorder sending a response to the user'"'"'s recording request containing, if the request is accepted, an identification of the accepted recording request for each content to be recorded. Application to remote recording of audiovisual content.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of recording audiovisual content in a communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, characterized in that said audiovisual content is recorded by a network recorder at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to exchange information with at least one network recorder via said communications network, said method comprising the following steps:
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the network recorder declaring itself in the network, the declaration indicating at least;
a means of access to said recorder, a list of broadcast channels whose broadcast audiovisual content can be recorded by the network recorder, the user using a terminal to select a network recorder able to record at least one required audiovisual content and to connect thereto using said access means in order to request the recording of said at least one audiovisual content, said request including an identification of said at least one audiovisual content to be recorded that consists in a unique reference of said content and/or an identification of an instance of said content consisting of at least the identification of the broadcast channel of said instance accompanied by the indication of a broadcast time band, and the network recorder sending a response to the user'"'"'s recording request containing, if the request is accepted, an identification of the accepted recording request for each content to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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