System for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- sending over one or more networks, by a server, to specific client media devices of a plurality of client media devices, messages configured to cause the specific client media devices to record specific items of media content from a variety of sources, the specific client media devices having been configured to also record additional items of media content from the variety of sources, the additional items having been explicitly selected for recording by local users of the specific client media devices, the specific client media devices further having been configured to autonomously schedule recordings of the specific items and the additional items;
receiving, at the server, data from the specific client media devices indicating when the specific items of media content are watched at the specific client media devices;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
A system for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The viewer may request that certain content be captured. Capture requests also allow the service to determine content to be recorded by the client system in the same manner that a viewer requests that certain content are recorded but are more powerful than what a viewer can request. Recording requests for a capture request can preempt viewer requests or be entered at the same or lower priority as a viewer request. Capture requests can adjust all aspects of a recording request and affect the capture request itself. Client system operational functionality are also manipulated by the service using capture requests.
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30 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending over one or more networks, by a server, to specific client media devices of a plurality of client media devices, messages configured to cause the specific client media devices to record specific items of media content from a variety of sources, the specific client media devices having been configured to also record additional items of media content from the variety of sources, the additional items having been explicitly selected for recording by local users of the specific client media devices, the specific client media devices further having been configured to autonomously schedule recordings of the specific items and the additional items; receiving, at the server, data from the specific client media devices indicating when the specific items of media content are watched at the specific client media devices; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of:
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sending over one or more networks, by a server, to specific client media devices of a plurality of client media devices, messages configured to cause the specific client media devices to record specific items of media content from a variety of sources, the specific client media devices having been configured to also record additional items of media content from the variety of sources, the additional items having been explicitly selected for recording by local users of the specific client media devices, the specific client media devices further having been configured to autonomously schedule recordings of the specific items and the additional items; receiving, at the server, data from the specific client media devices indicating when the specific items of media content are watched at the specific client media devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to send over one or more networks, by a server, to specific client media devices of a plurality of client media devices, messages configured to cause the specific client media devices to record specific items of media content from a variety of sources, the specific client media devices having been configured to also record additional items of media content from the variety of sources, the additional items having been explicitly selected for recording by local users of the specific client media devices, the specific client media devices further having been configured to autonomously schedule recordings of the specific items and the additional items; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to receive, at the server, data from the specific client media devices indicating when the specific items of media content are watched at the specific client media devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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