Method for controlling the recording of audiovisual documents and corresponding devices
First Claim
1. A method of managing recordings of audio or audiovisual documents within a communication network comprising a plurality of audiovisual terminals furnished with recording means, the audiovisual documents to be recorded and the terminals being associated with attributes;
- wherein it comprises the following steps;
calculation of a value of fit between the document and a terminal;
the value of fit being calculated by comparing the attributes of the audiovisual document and the attributes associated with the audiovisual terminal, the value of fit being all the higher the greater the similarity between these attributes, the morality of the document and the maximum level of morality accessible from the terminal being compared, a zero value of fit is attributed to the installation whose morality level does not allow the document to be selected;
repetition of step of of calculation by calculating a value of fit for each terminal liable to record it;
selection of the installation for recording the document whose value of fit is greatest.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling recording within a communication network. The communication network comprises audiovisual terminals provided with means for recording audio or audiovisual documents. The method comprises the following steps:—a) calculation of a value representing the compatibility of recording between the document and a terminal, b) reiteration of step a), calculating a compatibility value for each terminal selection of the device with the greatest compatibility value for recording the document. According to a refinement of the invention the calculation of the compatibility value takes account of attributes associated with the terminal and associated with the document. Said attributes relate to the subject of the document for recording and documents usually accessed by said terminal and/or the size of the document, the type of document and the types of document said terminal can reproduce, the moral content of the document and the level of morality associated with the terminal and the time of transfer of the document to the terminal. The invention further relates to a device with means for carrying out said method.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of managing recordings of audio or audiovisual documents within a communication network comprising a plurality of audiovisual terminals furnished with recording means, the audiovisual documents to be recorded and the terminals being associated with attributes;
- wherein it comprises the following steps;
calculation of a value of fit between the document and a terminal;
the value of fit being calculated by comparing the attributes of the audiovisual document and the attributes associated with the audiovisual terminal, the value of fit being all the higher the greater the similarity between these attributes, the morality of the document and the maximum level of morality accessible from the terminal being compared, a zero value of fit is attributed to the installation whose morality level does not allow the document to be selected;
repetition of step of of calculation by calculating a value of fit for each terminal liable to record it;
selection of the installation for recording the document whose value of fit is greatest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- wherein it comprises the following steps;
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22. The audiovisual terminal furnished with means for recording audio or audiovisual documents and connected to a communication network, the documents to be recorded being associated with attributes characterizing them, the terminals being associated with attributes relating to their characteristics and/or their uses;
- wherein the terminal comprises a means for calculating a value representing the fit between a document to be recorded and the terminal, the value of fit being calculated by comparing the attributes of the audiovisual document and the attributes associated with the terminal, the value of fit being all the higher the greater the similarity between these attributes, the morality of the document and the maximum level of morality accessible from the terminal being compared, a zero value of fit is attributed to the installation whose morality level does not allow the document to be selected, the recording means being activated or otherwise so as to record this document according to the value calculated.
- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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