Reconciling digital content at a digital media device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request to record a program;
initiating recording of the program at a digital media device;
upon initiating said recording, automatically determining at the digital media device that the program started before the recording was initiated;
identifying at the digital media device, a missing portion of the program;
generating and transmitting a request for said missing portion of the program, said request identifying said request as a reconciliation request; and
receiving a media file containing said missing portion of the program in response to said request and merging said missing portion with a recorded portion of the program only if said reconciliation request is allowed based on a policy in place at a content source;
wherein the recorded portion and said missing portion of the program are encoded according to the same encoding format.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes initiating recording a program at a digital media device, identifying at the digital media device, a missing portion of the program, generating and transmitting a request for the missing portion, receiving a media file containing the missing portion of the program in response to the request, and merging the missing portion with a recorded portion of the program. An apparatus is also disclosed.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request to record a program; initiating recording of the program at a digital media device; upon initiating said recording, automatically determining at the digital media device that the program started before the recording was initiated; identifying at the digital media device, a missing portion of the program; generating and transmitting a request for said missing portion of the program, said request identifying said request as a reconciliation request; and receiving a media file containing said missing portion of the program in response to said request and merging said missing portion with a recorded portion of the program only if said reconciliation request is allowed based on a policy in place at a content source; wherein the recorded portion and said missing portion of the program are encoded according to the same encoding format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a digital video recorder operable to initiate recording a program; a program identifier for automatically determining that the program started before the recording was initiated upon the digital video recorder initiating the recording and identifying a missing portion of the program; a content requester for generating and transmitting a request for said missing portion of the program, said request identifying said request as a reconciliation request; and a content merger for receiving a media file containing said missing portion of the program and merging said missing portion with a recorded portion of the program only if said reconciliation request is allowed based on a policy in place at a content source; and memory for storing the merged missing portion and recorded portion of the program; wherein the recorded portion and said missing portion of the program are encoded according to the same encoding format. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:
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initiate recording a program upon receiving a request to record the program; upon initiating said recording, automatically determine that the program started before the recording was initiated; identify a missing portion of the program; generate and transmit a request for said missing portion of the program, said request identifying said request as a reconciliation request; merge a received media file containing said missing portion with a recorded portion of the program only if said reconciliation request is allowed based on a policy in place at a content source; and store the merged missing portion and recorded portion of the program at the digital media device; wherein the recorded portion and said missing portion of the program are encoded according to the same encoding format. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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