METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING VIDEO AND SOUND DATA DIRECTLY BETWEEN DISTINCT DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS

• US 20100263011A1
• Filed: 04/12/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David B. Mcmurtrie
• Original Assignee: David B. Mcmurtrie
• Inventors: McMurtrie, David B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,613,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6402 Address allocation for clients address allocation in data networks H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method for transferring video and sound data between distinct networks through digital video recorders is provided comprising the steps of recording video and sound data by a first digital video recorder in a first network, sending the video and sound data from the first digital video recorder in the first network through a communications network to a second digital video recorder in a second network and receiving the video and sound data by a second digital video recorder in the second network.

Claims

1. A method for transferring video and sound data between distinct networks through digital video recorders comprising the steps of:

recording video and sound data by a first digital video recorder in a first network;

sending the video and sound data from the first digital video recorder in the first network through a communications network to a second digital video recorder in a second network; and

receiving the video and sound data by a second digital video recorder in the second network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the video and sound data is recorded to a first storage device of the first digital video recorder.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of encoding the video and sound data prior to being sent by the first digital recorder.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first digital recorder is identified by a first distinct address and the second digital recorder is identified by a second distinct address.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of obtaining the second distinct address of the second digital recorder through a search of digital video recorders within the communications network.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of sending encoded video and sound data from the first digital video recorder having a distinct first address in the first network thorough a communications network to a second digital video recorder having a distinct second address in a second network.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of decoding the video and sound data after being received by the second digital video recorder.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of accessing the encoded video and sound data with a code.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of

storing the video and sound data in a mailbox for access by the second digital video recorder in the second network;

downloading the video and sound data onto a second storage device of the second digital video recorder in the second network; and

accessing the video and sound data on the second digital recorder through various navigation menus and program guides.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications network is a multichannel broadband communications network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications network is cable television network.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications network is a satellite network.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications network is a hybrid fiber coaxial network.

14. A method for transferring video and sound data between distinct networks through digital video recorders comprising the steps of:

recording video and sound data by a first digital video recorder to a first storage device in a first network;

encoding the video and sound data prior to sending the data from the first digital video recorder;

sending the video and sound data from the first digital video recorder in the first network through a communications network to a second digital video recorder in a second network;

receiving the video and sound data by a second digital video recorder in the second network;

decoding the video and sound data;

storing the video and sound data in a mailbox for access by the second digital video recorder in the second network;

downloading the video and sound data on a second storage device of the second digital video recorder in the second network; and

accessing the video and sound data on the second digital video recorder through various navigation menus and program guides.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first digital recorder is identified by a first distinct address and the second digital recorder is identified by a second distinct address.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of obtaining the second distinct address of the second digital recorder through a search of digital video recorders within the communications network.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of sending encoded video and sound data from the first digital video recorder having a distinct first address in the first network thorough a communications network to a second digital video recorder having a distinct second address in a second network.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the communications network is a multichannel broadband communications network.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the communications network is cable television network.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the communications network is a satellite network.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the communications network is a hybrid fiber coaxial network.