Systems and methods for exporting digital content using an interactive television application

• US 9,521,448 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2015
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TV Guide Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Thomas, William L., Westberg, Thomas E., Fife, Brian, DiGiovanni, Joseph, Ellis, Michael D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alata, Yassin
• Application Number:
  US14/602,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 725/134, 725/142, 386/200, 386/278, 386/326
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00173 wherein the origin of the content is checked, e.g. determining whether the content has originally been retrieved from a legal disc copy or another trusted source
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00731 involving a digital rights management system for enforcing a usage restriction
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2368 Multiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42669 the medium being removable
• 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 21/4341 Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4398 involving reformatting operations of audio signals details of audio signal transcoding G10L19/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 : on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 : involving data reduction

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and systems for extracting digital content using an interactive television application. The interactive television application may allow the user to record programs on a set-top box. The interactive television application may also allow the user to extract the audio from one of the recorded programs and transfer the extracted audio to removable media (e.g., a CD-R). The interactive television application also be configured to perform a future transfer of digital content to removable media. The future transfer may occur without requiring any further user interaction.

Claims

1. A method for transferring audio from a program to a removable medium, the method comprising:

receiving a user input to set up a future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium, the program including the audio and video, and without requiring any further user interaction after the user input;

recording, with a control circuitry, the program including the audio and the video;

extracting, by the control circuitry, a portion of the audio only from the recorded program; and

transferring, with the control circuitry, the portion of the audio of the program to the removable medium.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user input to set up the future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium further comprises receiving a user selection of a setting for transferring the audio to the removable medium.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the control circuitry, whether the removable medium is a valid target, wherein the determination is made without requiring any further user input after the user input to set up the future transfer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein information regarding whether the audio has been played is stored on the removable medium.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a reference to the program in a database; and

retrieving the reference to the program from the database after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a reference to the program in a configuration file stored on the removable medium; and

retrieving the reference to the program from the configuration file after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.

7. A system for transferring audio from a program to a removable medium, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

receive a user input to set up a future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium, the program including the audio and video, and without requiring any further user interaction after the user input;

record the program including the audio and the video;

extract a portion of the audio only from the recorded program; and

transfer the portion of the audio of the program to the removable medium.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the control circuitry configured to receive the user input to set up the future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium is further configured to receive a user selection of a setting for transferring the audio to the removable medium.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the removable medium is a valid target, wherein the determination is made without requiring any further user input after the user input to set up the future transfer.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein information regarding whether the audio has been played is stored on the removable medium.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

store a reference to the program in a database; and

retrieve the reference to the program from the database after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

store a reference to the program in a configuration file stored on the removable medium; and

retrieve the reference to the program from the configuration file after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.

13. Non-transitory machine-readable media for transferring audio from a program to a removable medium, the machine-readable media comprising machine-readable instructions recorded thereon for:

receiving a user input to set up a future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium, the program including the audio and video, and without requiring any further user interaction after the user input;

recording the program including the audio and the video;

extracting a portion of the audio only from the recorded program; and

transferring the portion of the audio of the program to the removable medium.

14. The machine-readable media of claim 13, wherein receiving the user input to set up the future transfer of the audio from the program to the removable medium further comprises receiving a user selection of a setting for transferring the audio to the removable medium.

15. The machine-readable media of claim 13, further comprising machine readable instructions recorded thereon for determining whether the removable medium is a valid target, wherein the determination is made without requiring any further user input after the user input to set up the future transfer.

16. The machine-readable media of claim 13, wherein information regarding whether the audio has been played is stored on the removable medium.

17. The machine-readable media of claim 13, further comprising machine readable instructions recorded thereon for:

storing a reference to the program in a database; and

retrieving the reference to the program from the database after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.

18. The machine-readable media of claim 13, further comprising machine readable instructions recorded thereon for:

storing a reference to the program in a configuration file stored on the removable medium; and

retrieving the reference to the program from the configuration file after establishing the communications link with the removable medium, wherein the reference is retrieved without requiring any further user interaction after the user input to set up the future transfer.