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Apparatus and method for intelligent multimedia compression and distribution

  • US 7,200,859 B1
  • Filed: 11/22/2000
  • Issued: 04/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A multimedia apparatus comprising:

  • a mass storage device to store uncompressed and compressed multimedia content; and

    compression logic executed by a processor, said compression logic configured to;

    store uncompressed multimedia content in an interim multimedia buffer on said mass storage device,compress said uncompressed multimedia content stored in said interim multimedia buffer as a background task to generate compressed multimedia content responsive to a user request to record said multimedia content,store said compressed multimedia content in long term multimedia buffer on said mass storage device, andautomatically stream said uncompressed multimedia content remaining in said interim multimedia buffer directly to a multimedia rendering device once said compressed multimedia content stored in said long term multimedia buffer has been streamed to said rendering device.

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