SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A digital video recording (DVR) system operating in an interactive television (iTV) communication system, comprising a controller to:
- record video content supplied by the iTV communication system as directed by a plurality of users of the iTV communication system, wherein the DVR system is located outside of the premises of each of the plurality of users;
receive from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded video content;
identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device;
transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device; and
transmit to the communication device the transcoded video content.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recording (DVR) system having a controller to record video content supplied by an interactive television (iTV) communication system as directed by a plurality of users of the iTV communication system, receive from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded video content, identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, and transmit to the communication device the transcoded video content. The DVR system can be located outside of the premises of each of the plurality of users. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A digital video recording (DVR) system operating in an interactive television (iTV) communication system, comprising a controller to:
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record video content supplied by the iTV communication system as directed by a plurality of users of the iTV communication system, wherein the DVR system is located outside of the premises of each of the plurality of users; receive from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded video content; identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device; transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device; and transmit to the communication device the transcoded video content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a system operating in an interactive media communication system (iMCS), a method comprising:
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recording media content supplied by the iMCS as directed by a plurality of users of the iMCS; receiving from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded media content; transcoding the requested portion of the recorded media content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device responsive to detecting a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded media content; and transmitting the requested portion of the recorded media content as transcoded media content or media content without transcoding depending on whether the need to transcode is detected. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A communication device, comprising a controller to:
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submit a request to an interactive media communication system (iMCS) for a portion of media content recorded by the iMCS, wherein the iMCS records the media content as directed by a plurality of users of the iMCS, and wherein the communication device belongs to one of said plurality of users; and receive from the iMCS the requested portion of the media content as transcoded media content, wherein the iMCS transcodes the requested portion of the recorded media content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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