Media content recording and healing statuses

• US 9,959,908 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2012
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Roberts, Brian, Stallings, Heath, Relyea, Don
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hope, Darrin
• Application Number:
  US13/353,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20120114300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,294 Days
• Field of Search: 386239, 715772
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• 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 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

An exemplary system includes a content processing subsystem configured to record at least a subset of a media content program and detect a defective portion of the recorded media content program that failed to be properly recorded. The content processing subsystem is further configured to provide a recording status indicator to an output device for presentation to a user, the recording status indicator identifying the defective portion of the recorded media content program. In certain implementations, the content processing subsystem is further configured to heal at least a subset of the defective portion of the recorded media content program and provide a healing status indicator to the output device for presentation to the user, the healing status indicator identifying the healed portion of the recorded media content program.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;

recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;

healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network; and

providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion;

wherein at least a portion of the healing occurs concurrently with the recording, and the method further comprises dynamically updating, by the content processing device, the recording status indicator as the recording and the healing progress.

2. A method comprising:

receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;

recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;

healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network; and

providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion,

wherein at least a portion of the healing occurs concurrently with the recording, and the method further comprises dynamically updating, by the content processing device, the recording status indicator as the recording and the healing progress.

3. A method comprising:

receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;

recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;

healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network;

providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion; and

identifying, by the content processing device, the defective portion, wherein the identifying of the defective portion comprises generating a local checksum for the recorded at least a subset of the media content program, and comparing the generated local checksum with a master checksum for the media content program maintained by the media content distribution subsystem.