Transmitting signals to cause replays to be recorded at a plurality of receivers

• US 7,359,619 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1998
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Kirby, John J., Gordon, Mark L., Martis, Thomas S., O'Connor, Dennis M., Chuang, Mark P.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US09/223,516
• Time in Patent Office: 3,394 Days
• Field of Search: 386/46, 386/83, 386/95, 386/125, 386/94, 386/52, 348/460, 725/133, 725/151, 358/906, 358/908
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10962 wherein both recording and playback take place simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/455 said record carriers being in one device and being used as primary and secondary/backup media, e.g. HDD-DVD combo device, or as source and target media, e.g. PC and portable player
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media.

Claims

1. A receiver comprising:

a first device to receive a broadcast television program;

a second device coupled to said first device to detect a characteristic of said program;

a third device to store a replay of a portion of said program in response to the detection of said characteristic; and

a fourth device to automatically concatenate a series of recorded replays for automatic sequential playback.

2. The receiver of claim 1 wherein said second device to detect a queue encoded with the program.

3. The receiver of claim 1 wherein said receiver is a computer system.

4. The receiver of claim 1 wherein said second device to detect a signal indicating that storage should start and another signal indicating that recording should end.

5. The receiver of claim 1 wherein said first device to receive a signal including a queue to indicate the start of storing by said video recorder.