CONCURRENT PROGRAM CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
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1. A system that concurrently processes multiple distinct programs communicated via a single carrier signal, the system comprising:
- a receiving device comprising;
a tuner operable to receive a multiplexed signal via a satellite network that communicates digital video programming, the multiplexed signal comprising a plurality of program content portions, each program content portion corresponding to one of a plurality of programs; and
a program content transporter communicatively coupled to the tuner, the program content transporter operable to;
determine a first and second program of the plurality of programs; and
concurrently present the program content portion corresponding to the first program on a display device communicatively coupled to the receiving device and record the received program content portion corresponding to the second program.
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Abstract
Various embodiments concurrently process program content corresponding to multiple concurrently communicated programs. One embodiment provides a program content transporter that receives via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, and concurrently presents the program content portion corresponding to a first program of the plurality of programs and records the received program content portion corresponding to a second program of the plurality of programs.
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22 Claims
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1. A system that concurrently processes multiple distinct programs communicated via a single carrier signal, the system comprising:
a receiving device comprising; a tuner operable to receive a multiplexed signal via a satellite network that communicates digital video programming, the multiplexed signal comprising a plurality of program content portions, each program content portion corresponding to one of a plurality of programs; and a program content transporter communicatively coupled to the tuner, the program content transporter operable to; determine a first and second program of the plurality of programs; and concurrently present the program content portion corresponding to the first program on a display device communicatively coupled to the receiving device and record the received program content portion corresponding to the second program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method to concurrently process multiple distinct programs communicated via a single carrier signal, the method comprising:
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receiving via a content stream selector in a receiving device a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, the multiplexed signal received by the receiving device via a broadcast network that communicates digital video programming; presenting a first program content portion of the received program content portions, the first program content portion corresponding to a first program of the plurality of programs; and recording a second program content portion of the received program content portions, the second program content portion corresponding to a second program of the plurality of programs, wherein the presenting of the first program content portion and the recording of the second program content portion are performed concurrently. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium whose contents enable a receiving device to concurrently process multiple distinct programs, by performing a method comprising:
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receiving via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, the multiplexed signal received from a broadcast network that communicates digital video programming, a first program of the plurality of programs communicated in or about real time via the multiplexed signal, a second program of the plurality of programs not communicated in real time via the multiplexed signal; and concurrently presenting the received program content portion corresponding to the first program of the plurality of programs and recording the received program content portion corresponding to the second program of the plurality of programs. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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