METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER

• US 20090298485A1
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vidiator Enterprises Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Vidiator Enterprises Incorporated
• Inventors: Yoon, Alex, Lee, Jaeyong
• Granted Patent: US 8,244,315 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.3
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• 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 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client
• 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 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for remotely recording video content on a personal video recording server, at the request of a user of a mobile device, and obtaining that recorded content on the mobile device, in some embodiments, at a later time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, from a sender, a collection of one or more indices listing one or more media contents that are available for recording at one or more future performances;

facilitating, by the mobile device, a mobile device user in selecting at least one of the media contents listed by the collection of indices; and

requesting by the mobile device, of a media recording server remotely disposed from the mobile device, in response to the selection by the mobile device user of the at least one of the media contents, recording of the selected future performance of the at least one of the media contents, wherein the sender and the media recording server are different entities.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media contents are one or more of television programs, movies, video clips, pictures, songs, audio files, and/or portions of a television program, a movie, a video clip, a picture, a song, and/or an audio file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media contents that are available for recording include at least one of a unicast, a broadcast, or a multicast of media contents.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is one of a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, or a media player.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media contents include a series of related discrete contents rendered or presented at different points in time, and the requesting recording of the at least one of the one or more media contents that are available for recording comprises requesting recording. of the related discrete contents of the series at the different points in time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving, facilitating, and requesting are performed in a data mode of the mobile device, and the method further comprises switching the mobile device to either a call mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in making or receiving a phone call using the mobile device, or a messaging mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in sending or receiving a message using the mobile device.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, from a sender, a collection of one or more indices listing one or more previously recorded media contents, the one or more previously recorded media contents having been recorded during their performances, in response to one or more requests pre-submitted preceding the performance(s);

facilitating, by the mobile device, the mobile device user in selecting at least one of the previously recorded media contents listed by the collection of indices; and

requesting by the mobile device, of a media recording server remotely disposed from the mobile device, in response to the selection by the mobile device user of the at least one of the previously recorded media contents, to provide the selected at least one of the previously recorded media contents to the mobile device or another display device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more previously recorded media contents were recorded based on one or more pre-submitted mobile device user requests, the requests pre-submitted through a computing device of the mobile device user, the computing device separate and distinct from the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising playing the at least one of the previously recorded media contents on the mobile device, when said requesting request providing of the selected at least one of the previously recorded media contents to the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the previously recorded media contents are one or more of television programs, movies, video clips, pictures, songs, audio files, and/or portions of a television program, a movie, a video clip, a picture, a song, and/or an audio file.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more previously recorded media contents include at least one of a unicast, a broadcast, or a multicast of media contents.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein mobile device is one of a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, or a media player.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein said receiving, facilitating, and requesting are performed in a data mode of the mobile device, and the method further comprises switching the mobile device to either a call mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in making or receiving a phone call using the mobile device, or a messaging mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in sending or receiving a message using the mobile device.

8. (canceled)

15. A method comprising:

providing, by a media recording server, a live stream of a media content to a recipient mobile device remotely disposed from the media recording server, wherein the recipient mobile device is a cellular phone and the live stream of media content is provided to the mobile phone via a cellular network;

receiving, by the media recording server, while said providing the live stream of the media content, a request from the recipient mobile device, the request specifying a time shifting operation to affect playing of the live stream, the time shifting operation having been requested by a mobile device user through the recipient mobile device; and

performing, by the media recording server, the time shifting operation, including recording of at least a portion of the live stream.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the time shifting operation is one of a pause, a rewind, or a fast forward.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising simultaneously recording, by the media recording server, the media content while providing the live stream of the media content.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said recording further comprises recording a portion of the media content in response to receiving a request for a pause operation.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the media recording server has a maximum time threshold for recording in response to receiving the pause operation request.

20. A mobile device comprising:

a processor, and

logic operated by the processor and configured to;

receive from a sender, a collection of one or more indices listing one or more media contents that are available for recording during their performances at one or more future points in time,

facilitate a mobile device user in selecting at least one of the media contents listed by the collection of indices, and

request of a media recording server remotely disposed from the mobile device, in response to the selection by the mobile device user of the at least one of the media contents, recording of the at least one of the media contents when the at least one of the media contents is performed.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the one or more media contents that are available for recording include at least one of a unicast, a broadcast, or a multicast of media contents.

22. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein said receive, facilitate, and request are performed in a data mode of the mobile device, and the logic is further adapted to switch the mobile device to either a call mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in making or receiving a phone call using the mobile device, or a messaging mode of the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device user in sending or receiving a message using the mobile device.

23. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

logic operated by the processor and configured to;

receive from a sender, a collection of one or more indices listing one or more previously recorded media contents, the one or more previously recorded media contents having been recorded during their performances, in response to one or more requests pre-submitted from one or more mobile device users prior to performance of the one or more media,

facilitate the mobile device user in selecting at least one of the previously recorded media contents listed by the collection of indices, and

request of a media recording server remotely disposed from the mobile device, in response to the selection by the mobile device user of the at least one of the previously recorded media contents, to provide the at least one of the previously recorded media contents to the mobile device or another display device.

25. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the logic is further configured to play the at least one of the previously recorded media contents on the mobile device, to facilitate said request for the previously recorded media content to be provided to the mobile device.

24. (canceled)

26. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

logic operated by the processor and adapted to;

receive a live stream of a media content, the live stream provided to the mobile device via a media recording server remotely disposed from the mobile device,

facilitate a mobile device user in selecting a time shifting operation to affect playing of the live stream, the time shifting operation requiring recording of at least a portion of the live stream by the media recording server, and

request of the media recording server, in response to the selection by the mobile device user of the time shifting operation, performance of the time shifting operation, wherein the mobile device is a cellular phone and the live stream is provided to the mobile phone via a cellular network.

27. The mobile device of claim 26, wherein the time shifting operation is one of a pause, a rewind, or a fast forward.

28. The mobile device of claim 26, wherein the media recording server simultaneously records the media content while providing the live stream of the media content.