SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING BROADCASTING PROGRAMS

• US 20080181584A1
• Filed: 03/28/2008
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eunsam Kim, Hyeong H.O. Son
• Original Assignee: Eunsam Kim, Hyeong H.O. Son
• Inventors: SON, Hyeong Ho, Kim, Eunsam
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/124
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42661 for reading from or writing on a magnetic storage medium, e.g. hard disk drive
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention is directed to a broadcasting program recording system having a key input unit configured to receive a control signal from a user, the control signal including at least one of recording, reproducing, displaying and clipping signals, a display device configured to display a broadcasting program and a guide bar according to the control signal, respectively, a storage configured to store a broadcasting program, and a processor configured to control a broadcasting program to be recorded in the storage, control the recorded broadcasting program to be displayed on the display device, and control the guide bar to be displayed on the display device according to the control signal, respectively. The guide bar represents status information of the broadcasting program recorded in the storage or an ongoing status of a currently received broadcasting program, and the processor sets at least one clipping region on the guide bar according to the control signal and controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the storage.

Claims

1. A broadcasting program recording system, comprising:

a key input unit configured to receive a control signal from a user, the control signal including at least one of recording, reproducing, displaying and clipping signals;

a display device configured to display a broadcasting program and a guide bar according to the control signal, respectively;

a storage configured to store a broadcasting program; and

a processor configured to control a broadcasting program to be recorded in the storage, control the recorded broadcasting program to be displayed on the display device, and control the guide bar to be displayed on the display device according to the control signal, respectively, wherein the guide bar represents status information of the broadcasting program recorded in the storage or an ongoing status of a currently received broadcasting program, and the processor sets at least one clipping region on the guide bar according to the control signal and controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the storage.

2. The broadcasting program recording system of claim 1, wherein the clipping region is set by a clipping start signal and a clipping completion signal from the key input unit, and the display device displays a cursor setting a start point and an end point on the guide bar by the clipping start signal and the clipping completion signal, respectively.

3. The broadcasting program recording system of claim 1, wherein the recorded broadcasting program is recorded in the storage in a time-shift function.

4. The broadcasting program recording system of claim 1, wherein when the guide bar represents the status information of the broadcasting program recorded in the storage, the processor controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the storage by deleting a unclipping region on the guide bar in the storage.

5. The broadcasting program recording system of claim 1, wherein the display device displays a list of the at least one clipping region, and the processor controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the in the storage by selecting one of the at least one clipping region in the list.

6. A method of recording a broadcasting program, the method comprising:

displaying, on a screen, a guide bar representing status information of the broadcasting program recorded in a storage or an ongoing status of a currently received broadcasting program;

receiving a control signal from a user indicating at least one clipping region on the guide bar according to the control signal on the screen; and

newly recording the at least one clipping region in the storage.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the clipping region is indicated by a clipping start signal and a clipping completion signal according to the control signal, and a start point an end point is displayed on the guide bar by the clipping start signal and the clipping completion signal.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the recorded broadcasting program in the storage is recorded in a time-shift function in the storage

9. The method of claim 6, wherein when the guide bar represents the status information of the broadcasting program recorded in the storage, the processor controls the at least one clipping region to be newly stored in the storage by deleting a unclipping region on the guide bar in the storage.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying, on the screen, a list of the at least one clipping region,

wherein the at least one clipping region is newly stored in the in the storage by selecting one of the at least one clipping region in the list.