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

• US 8,452,154 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: O'Connor, Dennis M., Chuang, Mark P., Martis, Thomas S., Gordon, Mark L., Kirby, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY THANH
• Application Number:
  US12/072,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20080279531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,919 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/241
• 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 method comprising:

electronically monitoring an ongoing broadcast;

electronically detecting a fade out transition from a live broadcast to a broadcast replay; and

in response to the detection of said transition, automatically recording the broadcast replay.

2. The method of claim 1 including storing a series of broadcast replays.

3. The method of claim 2 including automatically concatenating said broadcast replays for replay.

4. The method of claim 1 including enabling the display of the broadcast replay to continue while said broadcast replay is being recorded.

5. The method of claim 1 including automatically detecting and automatically recording at a broadcast receiver.