System for controlling a remotely located video recording device

• US 20010046366A1
• Filed: 04/06/2001
• Published: 11/29/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Aaron Susskind
• Original Assignee: Robert Aaron Susskind
• Inventors: Susskind, Robert Aaron
• Application Number:
  US09/828,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20010046366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• 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 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• 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 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A system for controlling operation of a remotely located video recording device includes at least one Video Recording Device connected to the Internet; at least one Internet access device connected to the Internet; and at least one Internet Remote Control Server connected to the Internet, whereby the Internet access device can control the Video Recording Device. The system also maintains and keeps the state of a user account representing the settings of a discrete user of a discrete VRD and exchanges changes in the states of the user account and of the VRD between the two. The system also accumulates each user'"'"'s requests for recording of specific programs and communicates with other Servers to provide to other Servers statistical information regarding selected television programs.

Claims

1. A system for controlling operation of a remotely located video recording device comprising:

at least one Video Recording Device connected to the Internet;

at least one Internet access device connected to the Internet;

at least one Internet Remote Control Server connected to the Internet,

whereby the Internet access device can control the Video Recording Device.

2. A system as claimed in

claim 1

further comprising a means for maintaining and keeping the state of a user account representing the settings of a discrete user of a discrete remotely located VRD.

3. A system as claimed in

claim 2

wherein the means exchanges changes in the states of the user account.

4. A system as claimed in claim I further comprising a means for accumulating each user'"'"'s requests for recording of specific programs.

5. A system as claimed in

claim 4

wherein the means communicates with other Servers to provide to other Servers statistical information regarding selected television programs.