Video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording

• US 20080080835A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Hutten, Matthijs C.
• Application Number:
  US11/540,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20080080835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/83
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• 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 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• 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 5/782 on tape
• 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 9/7921 for more than one processing mode

Abstract

A video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording is disclosed. In one embodiment, a video content recording apparatus is provided comprising an input configured to receive video content; a plurality of inputs, each configured to receive a removable memory device; and circuitry operative to select one of the plurality of inputs to record the video content based on information about the video content. In another embodiment, a video content recording apparatus is provided comprising circuitry operative to display a graphical user interface on the display device, the graphical user interface allowing a user to designate one of the plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information. The circuitry is further operative to select one of a plurality of inputs to record video content based on information about the video content. In yet another embodiment, a video content recording apparatus is provided comprising circuitry operative to select a second input to record video content onto a second removable memory device after a first removable memory device in a first input is full. Other embodiments are disclosed, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Claims

1. A video content recording apparatus comprising:

an input configured to receive video content;

a plurality of inputs, each configured to receive a removable memory device; and

circuitry operative to select one of the plurality of inputs to record the video content based on information about the video content.

2. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of inputs is designated for recording video content comprising specified video content information.

3. The video content recording apparatus of claim 2, wherein the designation is received from a user.

4. The video content recording apparatus of claim 2, wherein the designation is received from a removable memory device.

5. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content is specified in a scheduled recording setting.

6. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content is specified by a user.

7. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content is specified in electronic program guide data.

8. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content comprises one or more of the following:

broadcast date, channel number, channel name, start time, end time, title, synopsis, actor, director, year of production, genre, parental control information, and duration.

9. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of inputs is for a different type of removable memory device.

10. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein all of the plurality of inputs are for a same type of removable memory device.

11. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of inputs comprises a first plurality of inputs for a first type of removable memory device and a second plurality of inputs for a second type of removable memory device.

12. The video content recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry comprises a processor.

13. A video content recording apparatus comprising:

an input configured to receive video content;

an output configured to provide video output to a display device;

a plurality of inputs, each configured to receive a removable memory device; and

circuitry operative to;

display a graphical user interface on the display device, the graphical user interface allowing a user to designate one of the plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information; and

select one of the plurality of inputs to record the video content based on information about the video content.

14. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information about the video content is specified in a scheduled recording setting.

15. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information about the video content is specified by a user.

16. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information about the video content is specified in electronic program guide data.

17. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information about the video content comprises one or more of the following:

broadcast date, channel number, channel name, start time, end time, title, synopsis, actor, director, year of production, genre, parental control information, and duration.

18. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of inputs is for a different type of removable memory device.

19. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein all of the plurality of inputs are for a same type of removable memory device.

20. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the plurality of inputs comprises a first plurality of inputs for a first type of removable memory device and a second plurality of inputs for a second type of removable memory device.

21. The video content recording apparatus of claim 13, wherein the circuitry comprises a processor.

22. A video content recording apparatus comprising:

an input configured to receive video content;

first and second inputs, each configured to receive a removable memory device; and

circuitry operative to select the second input to record video content onto a second removable memory device after a first removable memory device in the first input is full.

23. The video content recording apparatus of claim 22, wherein the circuitry comprises a processor.