Automatically recording supplemental content
First Claim
1. A television receiver configured to record supplemental content, the television receiver comprising:
- one or more tuners;
one or more processors; and
a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;
receive one or more instructions, via a tuner of the one or more tuners, to record a content instance received via a broadcast communication link;
record, based on the one or more instructions, the content instance;
receive one or more supplemental instructions to record a supplemental content instance, wherein recording of the supplemental content instance is to occur via a second communication link; and
record, based on the one or more supplemental instructions, the supplemental content instance via the second communication link.
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Abstract
A content provider transmits instructions to a content receiver to record multiple instances of content. The instances of content are included in the same frequency band of a broadcast transmitted by the content provider via a first communication link and scrambled utilizing the same control word. The content provider determines to supplement the multiple instances of content and transmits an instruction to record a supplemental instance of content from a second content provider via a second communication link. The content receiver receives the instructions and accordingly receives, descrambles, and stores the multiple instances of content and the supplemental instance of content. In some implementations, the first communication link may be a satellite communication link and the second communication link may be a different type of communication link such as a terrestrial broadcast communication link and/or an Internet protocol communication link.
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20 Claims
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1. A television receiver configured to record supplemental content, the television receiver comprising:
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one or more tuners; one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; receive one or more instructions, via a tuner of the one or more tuners, to record a content instance received via a broadcast communication link; record, based on the one or more instructions, the content instance; receive one or more supplemental instructions to record a supplemental content instance, wherein recording of the supplemental content instance is to occur via a second communication link; and record, based on the one or more supplemental instructions, the supplemental content instance via the second communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. A method for recording supplemental content, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a television receiver, one or more instructions, via a tuner of the television receiver, to record a content instance received via a broadcast communication link; recording, by the television receiver, based on the one or more instructions, the content instance; receiving, by the television receiver, one or more supplemental instructions to record a supplemental content instance, wherein recording of the supplemental content instance is to occur via a second communication link; and recording, by the television receiver, based on the one or more supplemental instructions, the supplemental content instance via the second communication link. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium for recording supplemental content, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
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receive one or more instructions, via a tuner of the one or more tuners, to record a content instance received via a broadcast communication link; record, based on the one or more instructions, the content instance; receive one or more supplemental instructions to record a supplemental content instance, wherein recording of the supplemental content instance is to occur via a second communication link; and record, based on the one or more supplemental instructions, the supplemental content instance via the second communication link. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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