Method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording

• US 20080092174A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• 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:
  US11/541,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20080092174A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• 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 21/47214 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 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising selecting one of a plurality of inputs based on information about video content, and recording the video content onto a removable memory device received by the selected one of the plurality of inputs. In another embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving, via a graphical user interface, a designation from a user of one of a plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information and selecting one of the plurality of inputs based on information about the video content. In yet another embodiment, a method is provided comprising recording video content onto a first removable memory device received by a first one of a plurality of inputs and, after the first removable memory device is full, recording video content onto a second removable memory device received by a second one of the plurality of inputs. Other embodiments are disclosed, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Claims

1. A method for recording video content onto a removable memory device, the method comprising:

receiving video content;

receiving a plurality of removable memory devices with a respective plurality of inputs;

selecting one of the plurality of inputs based on information about the video content; and

recording the video content onto a removable memory device received by the selected one of the plurality of inputs.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, from a user, a designation of at least one of the plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, from a removable memory device, a designation of at least one of the plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information.

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

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content is specified by a user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the video content is specified in electronic program guide data.

7. The method 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.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of removable memory devices comprises a different type of removable memory device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein all of the plurality of removable memory devices comprise a same type of removable memory device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of removable memory devices comprise removable memory devices of at least two types.

11. A method for recording video content onto a removable memory device, the method comprising:

receiving video content;

receiving a plurality of removable memory devices with a respective plurality of inputs;

receiving, via a graphical user interface, a designation from a user of one of the plurality of inputs for recording video content comprising specified video content information;

selecting one of the plurality of inputs based on information about the video content; and

recording the video content using the selected one of the plurality of inputs.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the video content is specified in a scheduled recording setting.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the video content is specified by a user.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the video content is specified in electronic program guide data.

15. The method of claim 11, 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.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of removable memory devices comprises a different type of removable memory device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein all of the plurality of removable memory devices comprise a same type of removable memory device.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of removable memory devices comprise removable memory devices of at least two types.

19. A method for recording video content onto a removable memory device, the method comprising:

receiving video content;

receiving a plurality of removable memory devices with a respective plurality of inputs;

recording video content onto a first removable memory device received by a first one of the plurality of inputs; and

after the first removable memory device is full, recording video content onto a second removable memory device received by a second one of the plurality of inputs.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of removable memory devices comprises a different type of removable memory device.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein all of the plurality of removable memory devices comprise a same type of removable memory device.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the plurality of removable memory devices comprise removable memory devices of at least two types.