Method and apparatus for multi-TV tuner display of video information
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1. A multi-television tuner system comprising:
- a first tuner;
a second tuner;
a common controller, operatively coupled to both the first and second tuner, to control the first tuner to receive first incoming signals for a first channel, control the second tuner to receive second incoming signals associated with the first channel or a second channel;
selecting one of the first and second tuners for controlled playback and the other tuner for non-controlled playback, and provide an independent capture quality for video received with the first tuner and video received with the second tuner; and
memory operatively coupled to digitally store video received from a selected one of the first and second tuner for controlled playback.
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Abstract
A method and system controls multiple TV tuners to allow a user to watch live video at high quality based on a video capture level independent of a video capture quality used to record playback video. The method and system provides an independent TV tuner from which to capture video that will be replayed wherein the capture quality of the video from the tuner will be independent from the quality other tuner. Accordingly, an delayed video stream can have a lower capture quality setting without affecting the capture quality of primary video being viewed by a user.
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19 Claims
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1. A multi-television tuner system comprising:
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a first tuner;
a second tuner;
a common controller, operatively coupled to both the first and second tuner, to control the first tuner to receive first incoming signals for a first channel, control the second tuner to receive second incoming signals associated with the first channel or a second channel;
selecting one of the first and second tuners for controlled playback and the other tuner for non-controlled playback, and provide an independent capture quality for video received with the first tuner and video received with the second tuner; and
memory operatively coupled to digitally store video received from a selected one of the first and second tuner for controlled playback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A multi-television tuner system comprising:
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a first tuner;
a second tuner;
a processing device operatively coupled to the first and second tuners; and
memory containing instructions that when executed by the processing device cause the processing device to;
control the first tuner to receive first incoming signals at a first capture quality for the first incoming signals for the first channel;
control the second tuner to receive second incoming signals associated with the first channel or a second channel;
control capturing of at least a portion of the second incoming signals received by the second tuner at a different capture quality in response to obtaining channel identification information associated with each of the first and second tuners. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling at least a first TV tuner and a second TV tuner comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a first TV tuner, first incoming signals for a first channel;
capturing the incoming signals for the first channel at a first capture quality setting;
receiving, by a second TV tuner, second incoming signals for the first channel or a second channel;
digitally capturing, at least a portion of the second incoming signals received by the second TV tuner at a different capture quality;
determining, in response to replay activation, a current channel of each tuner and controlling both tuners to receive a same channel; and
displaying at least a portion of the second incoming signals on a same or different display screen. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A multi-television tuner system comprising:
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a first tuner;
a second tuner;
a common controller, operatively coupled to both the first and second tuner, to control the first tuner to receive first incoming signals for a first channel, control the second tuner to receive second incoming signals associated with the first channel or a second channel; and
provide an independent capture quality for video received with the first tuner and video received with the second tuner;
memory operatively coupled to digitally store video received from a selected one of the first and second tuner for controlled playback; and
wherein the common controller, in response to replay activation, determines a current channel of each tuner and controls both tuners to receive a same channel.
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19. A multi-television tuner system comprising:
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a first tuner;
a second tuner;
a common controller, operatively coupled to both the first and second tuner, to control the first tuner to receive first incoming signals for a first channel, control the second tuner to receive second incoming signals associated with the first channel or a second channel; and
provide an independent capture quality for video received with the first tuner and video received with the second tuner;
memory operatively coupled to digitally store video received from a selected one of the first and second tuner for controlled playback; and
wherein the common controller monitors channels on the first and second tuners and programs the other tuner to receive a same channel as the first tuner in response to a start replay command.
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