Methods, systems, and products for recording media

• US 8,291,182 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Weaver, Timothy H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Liao, Jason
• Application Number:
  US12/627,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 711/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1461 Backup scheduling policy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication

Abstract

Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for recording media. An input is received via a user interface to record media. An entry is created in a recording schedule to record the media. The recording schedule is sent to a restoration server, such that the recording schedule is mirrored to the restoration server.

Claims

1. A method for recording media, comprising:

transmitting, by a user device, a catalog to a restoration server, the catalog identifying recorded media;

transmitting, by the user device, a recording schedule to the restoration server, in which the recording schedule identifies media to be simultaneously recorded by both the user and the restoration server from a media server;

wherein the recording schedule transmitted by the user device is configured to cause the restoration server to schedule the media for recording;

transmitting, by the user device, a notification causing the restoration server to simultaneously record the media from the media server while the user device is recording the media from the media server;

wherein the notification is transmitted from the user device to the restoration server when a recording mode is being invoked on the user device; and

wherein the notification is configured to indicate to the restoration server when the media is being recorded on the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalog comprises unavailable media which is only stored on the user device and not currently available to the restoration server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the unavailable media comprises media that is not obtainable elsewhere.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the unavailable media include home movies, still images, and unique media.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a preference that indicates what items in the catalog are to be tagged for restoration by the restoration server.

6. A method for recording media, comprising:

transmitting, by a user device, a catalog to a restoration server, the catalog identifying recorded media;

wherein the catalog maintains recorded items, the catalog comprising;

currently available media, and

unavailable media which is stored on the user device and not currently available;

transmitting, by the user device, a recording schedule to the restoration server, in which the recording schedule identifies media to be simultaneously recorded by both the user and the restoration server from a media server;

wherein the recording schedule transmitted by the user device is configured to cause the restoration server to schedule the media for recording;

transmitting, by the user device, a notification causing the restoration server to simultaneously record the media from the media server while the user device is recording the media from the media server;

wherein the notification is transmitted from the user device to the restoration server when a recording mode is being invoked on the user device; and

wherein the notification is configured to indicate to the restoration server when the media is being recorded on the user device;

responsive to the restoration server requesting, from the user device, the unavailable media which is stored on the user device and not currently available, transmitting the unavailable media by the user device to the restoration server for recording a second copy of the unavailable media by the restoration server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the unavailable media comprises media that is not obtainable elsewhere and the unavailable media include home movies, still images, and unique media.

8. The method of claim 6, comprising transmitting a preference that indicates what items in the catalog are to be tagged for restoration by the restoration server.

9. A system, comprising:

a user device comprising memory for storing a program; and

a processor of the user device communicating with a user interface;

the processor, functionally coupled to the memory, being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative for;

transmitting, by the user device, a notification causing the restoration server to simultaneously record media from a media server while the user device is recording the media from the media server, wherein the notification indicates when the media is being recorded on the user device.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising the processor transmitting a catalog to the restoration server, the catalog identifying the media.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising the processor maintaining a catalog of recorded items, the catalog comprising:

currently available media, and

unavailable media which is only stored on the user device and not currently available.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising responsive to the restoration server requesting from the user device the unavailable media which is only stored on the user device and not currently available, the processor transmitting the unavailable media to the restoration server for recording a second copy of the unavailable media by the restoration server.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising the processor transmitting a preference that indicates what items in the catalog are to be tagged for restoration by the restoration server.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor receives a preference via the user interface that indicates what items in the catalog shall be tagged for restoration.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor receives a package of media suitable for the user from the restoration server based on analysis of the recording schedule.