METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT BY RECORDING BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS

• US 20090163239A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Jensen, Brian, Rasmussen, Per Aae, Tunturivuori, Harri, Hsu, Miky, Schultz, Kristian, Falk, Jennica, Hedegaard, Christian, Flamsholt, Ditte, Johansen, Martin, Benner, Jens Kaas, Nielsen, Peter Dam, Kraft, Christian Rossing, Epifania, Eustachio
• Application Number:
  US11/962,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20090163239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.100
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/09 Arrangements for receiving desired information automatically according to timetables
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

An apparatus for enabling generation of media content by recording broadcast transmissions may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to record content associated with a broadcast transmission at a mobile terminal, assign an informational tag to the recorded content without user interaction during the assigning, and store the recorded content in association with the informational tag.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

recording content associated with a broadcast transmission at a mobile terminal;

assigning an informational tag to the recorded content without user interaction during the assigning; and

storing the recorded content in association with the informational tag.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising enabling the user to modify the informational tag.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded content includes a plurality of content items and wherein the method further comprises generating a playlist including at least a portion of the content items.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein storing the recorded content comprises storing the recorded content in a memory device of the mobile terminal.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein storing the recorded content comprises storing the recorded content in a removable memory device.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast transmission is a radio transmission and wherein assigning the informational tag comprises assigning information indicative of a radio station from which the transmission was received or a time at which the recording was performed.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising determining divisions between content items within the recorded content, wherein assigning the informational tag further comprises assigning a corresponding separate tag to each of the content items.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising comparing a characteristic of a current content item to existing content items and preventing duplicate recordings of a same content item based on the comparison.

9. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for recording content associated with a broadcast transmission at a mobile terminal;

a second executable portion for assigning an informational tag to the recorded content without user interaction during the assigning; and

a third executable portion for storing the recorded content in association with the informational tag.

10. A computer program product according to claim 9, further comprising a fourth executable portion for enabling the user to modify the informational tag.

11. A computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the recorded content includes a plurality of content items and wherein the computer program product further comprises a fourth executable portion for generating a playlist including at least a portion of the content items.

12. A computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for storing the recorded content in a memory device of the mobile terminal.

13. A computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for storing the recorded content in a removable memory device.

14. A computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the broadcast transmission is a radio transmission and wherein the second executable portion includes instructions for assigning an information tag indicative of a radio station from which the transmission was received or a time at which the recording was performed.

15. A computer program product according to claim 9, further comprising a fourth executable portion for determining divisions between content items within the recorded content, wherein the second executable portion includes instructions for assigning a corresponding separate tag to each of the content items.

16. A computer program product according to claim 15, further comprising a fifth executable portion for comparing a characteristic of a current content item to existing content items and preventing duplicate recordings of a same content item based on the comparison.

17. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

record content associated with a broadcast transmission at a mobile terminal;

assign an informational tag to the recorded content without user interaction during the assigning; and

store the recorded content in association with the informational tag.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to enable the user to modify the informational tag.

19. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the recorded content includes a plurality of content items and wherein the processor is further configured to generate a playlist including at least a portion of the content items.

20. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to store the recorded content in a memory device of the mobile terminal.

21. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to store the recorded content in a removable memory device.

22. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the broadcast transmission is a radio transmission and wherein the processor is further configured to assign information indicative of a radio station from which the transmission was received or a time at which the recording was performed.

23. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to determine divisions between content items within the recorded content, and to assign a corresponding separate tag to each of the content items.

24. An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to compare a characteristic of a current content item to existing content items and prevent duplicate recordings of a same content item based on the comparison.

25. An apparatus comprising:

means for recording content associated with a broadcast transmission at a mobile terminal;

means for assigning an informational tag to the recorded content without user interaction during the assigning; and

means for storing the recorded content in association with the informational tag.

26. A user interface generated in accordance with instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium, the user interface comprising:

an indication of at least one radio broadcast station from which content may be received;

a schedule of programming associated with the radio broadcast station comprising at least a current program and a future program scheduled to be transmitted from the radio broadcast station; and

an input console configured to provide, responsive to a user input, an instruction to record the current program or the future program.

27. A user interface according to claim 26, further comprising an indicator displayed in association with the current program or the future program in response to recording a respective one of the current program or the future program.