SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT STORAGE

• US 20110158611A1
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Kikinis, Dan
• Application Number:
  US12/979,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20110158611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/297
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• 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 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42669 the medium being removable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• 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 21/47214 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 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• 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 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

A method and apparatus for A set top box (STB) displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) on a display, recording a program to a storage device and in response to a single selection from a user, transferring a program and auxiliary data related to the program from a first storage device of the STB to a removable storage device. In one or more arrangements, a system may record a program to one storage device upon determining the unavailability of a second storage device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a content rendering system, a request to record a program;

automatically recording the program to a first storage device when a second storage device is unavailable;

receiving, by the content rendering system, a selection of the recorded program from a listing of one or more programs; and

automatically transferring the recorded program from the first storage device to the second storage device in response to receiving the selection of the recorded program from the listing of one or more programs.

2. The method of claim 1, further including, in response to user input corresponding to a transfer command, transferring the recorded program from the second storage device to the first storage device, wherein the user input includes a pressing of a portion of at least one of:

a control panel of the content rendering system, a remote control device associated with the content rendering system, and a web phone.

3. The method of claim 2, further including maintaining an index of programs and related auxiliary data transferred from the first storage device to the second storage device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, in response to the selection of the recorded program, the content rendering system prompting for the insertion of a removable storage medium into the content rendering system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the removable storage medium comprises a DVD-RAM.

6. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

receive a request to record a program;

automatically record the program to a first storage device when a second storage device is unavailable;

receive a selection of the recorded program from a listing of one or more programs; and

automatically transfer the recorded program from the first storage device to the second storage device in response to receiving the selection of the recorded program from the listing of one or more programs.

7. The one or more computer readable media of claim 6, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to, in response to user input corresponding to a transfer command, transferring the recorded program from the second storage device to the first storage device, wherein the user input includes a pressing of a portion of at least one of:

a control panel of the apparatus, a remote control device associated with the apparatus, and a web phone.

8. The one or more computer readable media of claim 7, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to maintain an index of programs and related auxiliary data transferred from the first storage device to the second storage device.

9. The one or more computer readable media of claim 8, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to, in response to the selection of the recorded program, prompt for the insertion of a removable storage medium into the apparatus.

10. The one or more computer readable media of claim 9, wherein the removable storage medium comprises a DVD-RAM.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

receive a request to record a program;

automatically record the program to a first storage device when a second storage device is unavailable;

receive a selection of the recorded program from a listing of one or more programs; and

automatically transfer the recorded program from the first storage device to the second storage device in response to receiving the selection of the recorded program from the listing of one or more programs.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to, in response to user input corresponding to a transfer command, transfer the recorded program from the second storage device to the first storage device, wherein the user input includes a pressing of a first portion of at least one of:

a control panel of the apparatus, a remote control device associated with the apparatus, and a web phone.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein receiving the request to record the program includes receiving user input comprising pressing of the first portion of the at least one of:

a control panel of the apparatus, a remote control device associated with the apparatus, and a web phone.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to maintain an index of programs and related auxiliary data transferred from the first storage device to the second storage device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to, in response to the selection of the recorded program, prompt for the insertion of a removable storage medium into the content rendering system.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the removable storage medium comprises a DVD-RAM.