PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE
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Abstract
The present invention is a set top box or other content management device that can convert television programming stored in a temporary buffer into a persistent event. The present invention may also trim data from a temporary buffer, such as an input buffer, without requiring additional software, RAM and other hardware normally associated with general purpose computers.
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40 Claims
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21. A method of recording selected media content on a data storage device, the method comprising:
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recording, as a temporary recording on the data storage device, the selected media content, wherein the temporary recording further comprises media content that precedes the selected media content; and while continuing to record the selected media content; receiving a command to create a persistent recording of the selected media content; in response to the command, identifying media content in the temporary recording that is included in the selected media content; in response to identifying the media content that is included in the selected media content, deleting from the temporary recording the media content not included in the selected media content; and in response to deleting the media content not included in the selected media content, converting the temporary recording into a persistent recording on the data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An audio/video content system, comprising:
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a content input interface configured to receive audio/video content; a content output interface configured to transmit the audio/video content to an output device for presentation to a user; a data storage device configured to record the audio/video content received via the content input interface as a temporary recording; a user interface; and control circuitry configured to; receive a user command via the user interface to create a persistent recording of a contiguous segment of the audio/video content currently being recorded as the temporary recording; identify the contiguous segment in the temporary recording in response to the user command while the data storage device continues to record the contiguous segment; and delete from the temporary recording the audio/video content not included in the contiguous segment and convert the temporary recording into a persistent recording on the data storage device in response to identifying the contiguous segment while the data storage device continues to record the contiguous segment. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of recording audio/video content, the method comprising:
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recording an audio/video content stream as a temporary recording; and while continuing to record the audio/video content stream; receiving a command to create a persistent recording of a selected audio/video segment in the audio/video content stream, wherein the audio/video segment is currently being recorded into the temporary recording; in response to the command, identifying a starting position of the selected audio/video segment in the temporary recording; in response to identifying the starting position of the selected audio/video segment, deleting from the temporary recording the audio/video content from the beginning of the temporary recording up to the starting position, and converting the temporary recording into a persistent recording. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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Specification