METHOD OF RECOVERING MISSED PARTS OF MOBILE TV BROADCASTS

• US 20090106790A1
• Filed: 10/23/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Wei-Jen, Tseng, Wei-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US11/876,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106790A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/12 wherein another information is substituted for the portion of broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/76 Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet for broadcast H04H20/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• 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 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus

Abstract

To recover part of a program that was missed in Mobile TV, a mobile device receives a program during a first broadcast, and detects a corrupted segment of the program, then stores a first time and a second time of the corrupted segment detected during the first broadcast. The first time corresponds to a start of the corrupted segment and the second time corresponds to an end of the corrupted segment. Finally, a replacement segment is captured during a second broadcast of the same program or downloaded from a server according to the first time and the second time of the corrupted segment detected during the first broadcast.

Claims

1. A method for recording a program for a mobile TV comprising:

receiving a program during a first broadcast;

detecting a corrupted segment of the program;

storing a first time and a second time of the corrupted segment detected during the first broadcast;

wherein the first time corresponds to a start of the corrupted segment and the second time corresponds to an end of the corrupted segment; and

capturing a replacement segment during a second broadcast of the same program according to the first time and the second time of the corrupted segment detected during the first broadcast.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

replacing the corrupted segment with the replacement segment captured during the second broadcast of the program.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the replacement segment.

4. A method for recording a program for a mobile TV comprising:

receiving a program during a broadcast;

detecting a corrupted segment of the program;

storing a first time and a second time of the corrupted segment detected during the broadcast;

wherein the first time corresponds to a start of the corrupted segment and the second time corresponds to an end of the corrupted segment; and

downloading a replacement segment of the program from a server according to the first time and the second time;

wherein the server contains the complete program.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

replacing the corrupted segment with the replacement segment downloaded from the server.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

establishing a file transfer protocol connection with the server before downloading the replacement segment from the server.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the replacement segment.

8. A method for recording of a program for a mobile TV comprising:

receiving a program during a first broadcast;

detecting a corrupted segment of the program;

storing a first time of the corrupted segment during the first broadcast of the program;

wherein the first time is a start of the corrupted segment;

enabling a time-shifting mode after the first time of the first broadcast of the program;

wherein the time-shifting mode enables pausing the first broadcast of the program at the first time; and

resuming playback of the remaining segment of the program in the time-shifting mode.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

re-capturing the remaining segment from the first time during the second broadcast before resuming playback; and

replacing the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

downloading the remaining segment of the program starting from the first time from the server before resuming playback; and

replacing the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

establishing a file transfer protocol connection with the server before downloading the remaining segment from the server.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

14. A mobile device capable of recording a program for a mobile TV, comprising:

a controller for performing functions of the mobile device;

a storage device for receiving a program during a first broadcast;

a processor coupled to the controller for executing program code to control the controller, comprising a detector for detecting a corrupted segment during the first broadcast; and

a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program code;

wherein the program code comprises;

code for storing a first time and a second time of the corrupted segment detected during the first broadcast;

wherein the first time corresponds to a start of the corrupted segment and the second time corresponds to an end of the corrupted segment; and

code for replacing the corrupted segment with a replacement segment retrieved from the original program according to the first time and the second time of the corrupted segment.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the program code further comprises code for replacing the corrupted segment with the replacement segment captured during a second broadcast of the same program.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the program code further comprises code for replacing the corrupted segment with the replacement segment downloaded from a server;

wherein the server contains the complete program.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the program code further comprises code for displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the replacement segment.

18. A mobile device capable of recovering a corrupted period of a recording of a program for Mobile TV comprising:

a controller for performing functions of the mobile device;

a storage device for receiving a program during a first broadcast;

a processor coupled to the controller for executing program code to control the controller, comprising a detector for detecting a corrupted segment during the first broadcast; and

a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program code;

wherein the program code comprises;

code for storing a first time of the corrupted segment during the first broadcast of the program;

wherein the first time is a start of the corrupted segment;

code for enabling a time-shifting mode after the first time of the first broadcast of the program;

wherein the time-shifting mode enables pausing the first broadcast of the program at the first time; and

code for resuming playback of the remaining segment of the program in the time-shifting mode.

19. The mobile device of claim 18 further comprising:

code for re-capturing the remaining segment from the first time during the second broadcast before resuming playback; and

replacing the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

20. The mobile device of claim 18 further comprising:

code for downloading the remaining segment of the program starting from the first time from the server before resuming playback; and

replacing the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the program code further comprises:

code for establishing a file transfer protocol connection with the server before downloading the remaining segment from the server.

22. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the program code further comprises:

code for displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.

23. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the program code further comprises:

code for displaying a notification message after completing replacement of the corrupted segment with the remaining segment.