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Multi-Channel Playback of Audio/Video Content

  • US 20080069519A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2007
  • Published: 03/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for time-delayed viewing of audio/video content, comprising:

  • simultaneously receiving audio/video content from a plurality of audio/video sources, wherein each of the plurality of audio/video sources corresponds to a channel and each of the channels corresponds to a dedicated portion of buffer memory at a digital recorder device;

    simultaneously storing audio/video content received from each of the plurality of audio/video sources in the corresponding portion of buffer memory at the digital recorder device; and

    playing back from a first dedicated portion of buffer memory the corresponding stored audio/video content received from a first channel corresponding to a first of the plurality of audio/video sources, wherein the audio/video content in the first dedicated portion of buffer memory is not simultaneously overwritten when a viewer changes from the first channel to a second channel corresponding to a second of the plurality of audio/video sources.

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