Method and system for content recording and indexing

• US 9,462,349 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gibbon, David Crawford, Basso, Andrea, Begeja, Lee, Liu, Zhu, Renger, Bernard S., Shahraray, Behzad
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parra, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US14/790,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for a control point of initiating actions on a device in a communication network comprising at least two control points both adapted to control said device. Further, the present invention relates to a method for a device of initiating actions on said device in a communication network comprising at least two control points both adapted to control said device. Further, the present invention relates to a control point of initiating actions on a device in a communication network comprising at least two control point both adapted to control said device. Further, the present invention relates to a device in a communication network comprising at least two control points both adapted to control said device based on action requests received from a control point along with control point identification.

Claims

1. A remote control device, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

accessing information associated with recorded content at a media processor and programming data associated with future content;

generating an index of content according to the information associated with the recorded content and the programming data associated with the future content;

generating a content selection guide from the index of the content and the programming data associated with the future content;

presenting the content selection guide at the display;

receiving a viewing selection at the content selection guide that is presented;

transmitting the viewing selection to a media processor; and

receiving a ranking of content from the media processor, wherein the ranking of content is generated according to the viewing selection.

2. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a search request;

performing a search of one of the index of content, the programming data, or a combination thereof, according to the search request; and

presenting a search result at the display.

3. The remote control device of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the search request to the media processor responsive to the receiving the search request.

4. The remote control device of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a topic description for the content with the search result; and

presenting the topic description at the display.

5. The remote control device of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a topic match selection from the topic description; and

transmitting the topic match selection to the media processor.

6. The remote control device of claim 5, wherein the media processor accesses a segment of the content that is associated with the topic match selection.

7. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise

receiving a pictorial view of the content;

and

presenting the pictorial view at the display.

8. The remote control device of claim 7, wherein the pictorial view comprises a quality based on a capability of the remote control device.

9. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the index of the content to the media processor.

10. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the content selection guide provides a link to a media stream for obtaining the content.

11. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the content selection guide to the media processor.

12. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein a viewer profile is determined by an analysis of metadata stored at the media processor.

13. The remote control device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a pictorial view request; and

transmitting the pictorial view request to the media processor.

14. A server device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

transmitting content to a media processor;

transmitting programming data associated with the content to the media processor, wherein a remote control device receives the programming data and information associated with recorded content at the media processor, wherein the remote control device generates an index of content according to the information associated with the recorded content and the programming data, and wherein the remote control device generates a content selection guide from the index of the content and the programming data;

receiving a viewing selection request from the media processor according to a viewing selection from the content selection guide as presented at a first display of the remote control device of the media processor, wherein a ranking of content is provided to the remote control device by the media processor according to the viewing selection; and

transmitting first media content to the media processor according to the viewing selection that is received, wherein a media content is presented at second display that is coupled to the media processor.

15. The server device of claim 14, wherein the index of the content is transmitted from the remote control device to the media processor.

16. The server device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting metadata that is associated with the media content to media processor.

17. The server device of claim 14, wherein content selection guide provides links to multiple streams of the content.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a remote control device, information from a media processor that is associated with recorded content at the media processor and programming data associated with future content;

generating, by the remote control device, a content selection guide from the information that is associated with the recorded content and the programming data associated with the future content;

presenting, by the remote control device, the content selection guide at a display of the remote control device;

receiving, by the remote control device, a viewing selection at the content selection guide that is presented;

transmitting, by the remote control device, the viewing selection to a media processor; and

receiving, by the remote control device, a ranking of content from the media processor, wherein the ranking of content is generated according to the viewing selection.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the content selection guide provides a link to a media stream for obtaining the content.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating, by the remote control device, an index of content according to the information associated with the recorded content and the programming data associated with the future content, wherein the index of content is used for generating the content selection guide.