Personal Video Recording With Messaging

• US 20070286566A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Paolini, Michael, Hately, Andrew, Brown, Michael, Blaschke, David, Boston, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 9,374,551 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

Personal video recording including identifying a message point in operation of a PVR and transmitting a message. Embodiments include associating a message type with the message point and selecting, in dependence upon the message type, a message to be transmitted. Embodiments include receiving a response to the message; selecting, in dependence upon the response, a command to be executed; and executing the selected command.

Claims

1. A method of controlling operation of a personal video recorder (“

PVR”

), the method comprising;

identifying a message point in operation of a PVR; and

transmitting a message to a user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a message point comprises encountering a message point identification in operation of PVR application software.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the message comprises a non-blocking, asynchronous post message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the message comprises a blocking, synchronous send message.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the message point has an associated message point identification;

the method further comprises selecting, in dependence upon the message point identification, a message to be transmitted; and

transmitting a message further comprises transmitting the selected message.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a response to the transmitted selected message;

selecting, in dependence upon the response, a command to be executed; and

executing the command.

7. A system of controlling operation of a personal video recorder (“

PVR”

), the system comprising;

means for identifying a message point in operation of a PVR; and

means for transmitting a message to a user.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein means for identifying a message point comprises means for encountering a message point identification in operation of PVR application software.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the message comprises a non-blocking, asynchronous post message.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the message comprises a blocking, synchronous send message.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein:

the message point has an associated message point identification;

the system further comprises means for selecting, in dependence upon the message point identification, a message to be transmitted; and

means for transmitting a message further comprises means for transmitting the selected message.

12. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

means for receiving a response to the transmitted selected message;

means for selecting, in dependence upon the response, a command to be executed; and

means for executing the command.

13. A computer program product of controlling operation of a personal video recorder (“

PVR”

), the computer program product comprising;

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a message point in operation of a PVR; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting a message to a user.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein means for identifying a message point comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for encountering a message point identification in operation of PVR application software.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the message comprises a non-blocking, asynchronous post message.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the message comprises a blocking, synchronous send message.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein:

the message point has an associated message point identification;

the computer program product further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting, in dependence upon the message point identification, a message to be transmitted; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting a message further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the selected message.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a response to the transmitted selected message;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting, in dependence upon the response, a command to be executed; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the command.