Personal video recorder functionality for placeshifting systems
First Claim
1. A home electronics system to placeshift video content to a remote device via a network, the system comprising:
- a television receiver configured to receive the video content;
a video recorder configured to record at least a portion of the video content received via the television receiver in storage, wherein the video recorder is responsive to first instructions received via the network from the remote device that identify the recorded portion of the video content; and
a placeshifter that transmits, responsive to second instructions received from the remote device via the network, the recorded portion of the video content to the remote device via the network for playback of the recorded portion of the video content on the remote device.
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Abstract
PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and present the program schedule information to the user. Based on user input, the media player identifies a media program and associated schedule information. When the media program is scheduled to play, the placeshifting device directs a media recording device to receive the media program and to store the program. The placeshifting device may digitize, transcode, and/or transrate the media program, if necessary, and transmit the media program to the remote device for playback.
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20 Claims
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1. A home electronics system to placeshift video content to a remote device via a network, the system comprising:
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a television receiver configured to receive the video content; a video recorder configured to record at least a portion of the video content received via the television receiver in storage, wherein the video recorder is responsive to first instructions received via the network from the remote device that identify the recorded portion of the video content; and a placeshifter that transmits, responsive to second instructions received from the remote device via the network, the recorded portion of the video content to the remote device via the network for playback of the recorded portion of the video content on the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method executable by a placeshifting device to allow a user to view media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs, the method comprising:
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receiving first instructions from a remote device via a network at the placeshifting device, wherein the first instructions identify a media program to be placeshifted; receiving, by the placeshifting device, the media program to be placeshifted; converting the received media program to create a media stream in a video streaming format that is compatible with delivery of the stored media program to the remote device via the network; and transmitting the media stream to the remote device via the network for playback of the media stream by the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method executable by a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input by the portable electronic device that indicates a particular media program to be recorded at a later time; responsive to the first user input, providing a first instruction to a remotely located placeshifting device via a network to thereby direct the placeshifting device to record the particular media program at the later time; after the later time has passed, receiving a second user input directing that the particular media program be presented for playback; responsive to the second user input, providing a second instruction to the placeshifting device via the network to thereby direct the placeshifting device to obtain the particular media program and to provide the particular media program as a video stream for playback; receiving the video stream containing the particular media program from the placeshifting device via the network; and outputting the media stream for playback to the user by the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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