Program recording webification

• US 10,382,526 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2017
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Western Digital Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Hesselink, Lambertus, Rizal, Dharmarus, van Beurden, Joep, Bjornson, Eric S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder, Patrice L
• Application Number:
  US15/782,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20180034895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• 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 21/47214 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 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A method of providing a program recording to a user includes: accessing an application service provider that includes a program database via a first connection over a network with a user processor; selecting, with the user processor, a program recording to be received at the location of the user processor; providing the program recording selected with the user processor, at the location of the application service provider or a third location different from the location of the application service provider and the location of the user processor; and delivering the selected program recording to the location of the user processor.

Claims

1. A method of remotely programming a recording device to receive program content from a program provider, the method comprising:

a user processor accessing an application service provider via a first connection over a network, wherein the application service provider;

is separate from the program provider;

includes a program database; and

is located remotely from a location of the user processor;

the user processor selecting scheduling information provided via the first connection by the program database of the application service provider, the scheduling information being associated with at least one program selected by a user;

the application service provider establishing or verifying a second connection over the network between the application service provider and a control processor;

the application service provider transmitting the scheduling information to the control processor via the second connection; and

the control processor generating control signals based upon the scheduling information to control the recording device to receive the at least one program, wherein the recording device is located;

remotely from a location of the application service provider; and

remotely from the location of the user processor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the recording device receiving program content of the at least one program from the program provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording device comprises a video recorder.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording device comprises an audio recorder.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording device comprises a television.

6. A method of remotely programming a recording device to receive program content from a program provider, the method comprising:

accessing, with a first hardware processor via a first connection over a network, an application service provider comprising a program database, the first hardware processor being located remotely from a location of the application service provider, the application service provider being separate from a program provider;

selecting, with the first hardware processor, scheduling information associated with at least one program selected by a user, the scheduling information having been received by the first hardware processor from the program database via the first connection;

establishing or verifying, with the application service provider, a second connection over the network between the application service provider and a second hardware processor;

transmitting, with the application service provider, the scheduling information associated with the at least one program to the second hardware processor via the second connection; and

based upon the scheduling information associated with the at least one program, generating, with the second hardware processor, control signals to control a recording device to receive program content of the at least one program, the recording device being located remotely from the location of the application service provider and a location of the first hardware processor.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving, with the recording device, the program content from the program provider.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said accessing comprises providing user login credentials, with first hardware processor, to the application service provider via the first connection.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein said accessing is performed using a web-browser software.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the network comprises a wide area network.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving, with the first hardware processor, a selection of the at least one program by the user via a user interface.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting, with the second hardware processor, the control signals as electromagnetic radiation.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the scheduling information comprises a time and a channel associated with the at least one program.

15. A method of remotely programming a recording device to receive program content from a program provider, the method comprising:

accessing, with a first hardware processor via a first connection over a network, an application service provider comprising a program database, the first hardware processor being located remotely from a location of the application service provider, the application service provider being separate from a program provider;

selecting, with the first hardware processor, scheduling information associated with at least one program selected by a user, the scheduling information having been received by the first hardware processor from the program database via the first connection;

receiving, with a second hardware processor via a second connection over the network, the scheduling information associated with the at least one program; and

responsive to the scheduling information associated with the at least one program, generating, with the second hardware processor, control signals to control a recording device to receive program content of the at least one program, the recording device being located remotely from the location of the application service provider and a location of the first hardware processor.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, with the recording device, the program content of the at least one program from the program provider.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said accessing comprises providing user login credentials, with first hardware processor, to the application service provider via the first connection.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said accessing is performed using a web-browser software.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the network comprises a wide area network.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the scheduling information comprises a time and a channel associated with the at least one program.