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20100272420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER USING A USER TELEVISION BROADCAST LIST - A system and method of managing a digital video recorder using a user customizable television broadcast list which includes a list of a plurality of user selected television programs being displayed on a website. The television programs on the list are identified based on date and time broadcast information which are retrieved from a storage medium. The list includes television programs only to be broadcast on a particular user selected date. At least one of the user selected television programs from the list is exported to a digital video recorder (DVR) upon the user selecting the at least one user selected television program from the list. The DVR is instructed to automatically record the television programs at a predetermined date and time based on the date and time broadcast information. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278515 | MOBILE TERMINAL, RECORDING METHOD OF TV BROADCASTS AND PROGRAM FOR RECORDING TV BROADCASTS - A mobile terminal according to an exemplary of the invention includes a recording control means for controlling television broadcasts recording and playing, a setting storage means for storing predetermined conditions and a recording means for recording contents of the television broadcasts based on control of the recording control means, the recording control means controls the recording means so as to start recording the television broadcasts when the mobile terminal has changed its form into a predetermined form as a trigger during the television broadcasts being received, and controls the recording means so as to stop recording the television broadcasts when the predetermined conditions stored in the setting storage means is satisfied to solve a problem of wasting a memory area when television broadcasts is recorded by the mobile terminal. | 11-04-2010 |
20110058791 | RECORDING CONTROLLER AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A recording controller includes: a presentation module configured to perform a presentation for simultaneously presenting a first item for selecting each broadcast channel to be recorded from a plurality of broadcast channels and a second item for setting each recording time range in accordance with the selected broadcast channel; a table configured to store each broadcast channel selected and each recording time range set based on the presentation; and a recording control module configured to control recording of signals of the selected broadcast channels on a recording medium in accordance with the table. | 03-10-2011 |
20110064390 | METHOD OF SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED ACQUISITION OF MEDIA SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA SERVICE PROVIDER COMMANDS - A first media service is acquired in response to a scheduled acquisition command, where the acquiring operation is performed by a user receiver. The time the acquiring operation takes place depends on information in the command, which indicates when the acquiring operation is supposed to take place and when operation terminates. The receipt of a non-scheduled command by the user receiver causes the acquisition of a second media service, where upon the expiration of the non-scheduled command, the first media service is re-acquired. Upon the expiration of the scheduled command, a third media service is automatically acquired, where the third media service was previously selected by a user. | 03-17-2011 |
20110150429 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK - In one embodiment, a recording and playback device includes: a tuner receiving a broadcast wave including program data; a display displaying the program data; a detector detecting an object being present in a direction of a screen of the display using infrared rays; a determination module determining a presence or absence of a viewer based on a signal from the detector; and a recording and playback controller recording and playback the program data in accordance with a judgment of the determination module, wherein when a viewer is determined to be absent, the recording and playback controller starts recording the program data and sets a recording start position at which the recording of the program data is started as a playback start position, and when the viewer is determined to be present during recording of the program data, the recording and playback controller starts playing back the program data from the playback start position while continuing to record the program data. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170842 | PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER FUNCTIONALITY FOR PLACESHIFTING SYSTEMS - PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and present the program schedule information to the user. Based on user input, the media player identifies a media program and associated schedule information. When the media program is scheduled to play, the placeshifting device directs a media recording device to receive the media program and to store the program. The placeshifting device may digitize, transcode, and/or transrate the media program, if necessary, and transmit the media program to the remote device for playback. | 07-14-2011 |
20110206353 | TELEVISON APPARATUS - In one embodiment, there is provided a television apparatus. The television apparatus includes: a display configured to display video; an audio output module configured to output audio; a confirmation module configured to confirm the presence of a viewer; and a power controller configured to supply an electric power to at least the display and the audio output module. The power controller is configured to continue the electric power supplied to the audio output module while limiting the electric power supplied to the display at a first time point, and then is configured to limit the electric power supplied to the audio output module at a second time point after the first time point, if the confirmation module cannot confirm the presence of the viewer before the first time point. | 08-25-2011 |
20110243535 | Methods and Systems for Resolution-Based Modification of Recording Instructions Associated with a Scheduled Recording - An exemplary method includes maintaining recording instructions received from a user to automatically record a first resolution version of a media content instance scheduled to be transmitted during a first time period by way of a first content channel, determining that a second resolution version of the media content instance is scheduled to be transmitted during a second time period by way of a second content channel, presenting an option to the user to record the second resolution version of the media content instance instead of the first resolution version of the media content instance, and automatically modifying, in response to a selection of the option by the user, the recording instructions to record the second resolution version of the media content instance instead of the first resolution version of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 10-06-2011 |
20110311203 | Television Broadcast Program Recording System - There is provided a television broadcast program recording system including a television receiver and a recorder. The television receiver obtains a DST data indicating whether or not DST is currently applied, and detects a start and end of a DST application to a current time based on the obtained DST data. When the start or end of the DST application is detected, the television receiver transmits a newest electronic program list to the recorder. The recorder receives the electronic program list, and then compares a broadcast time data of a broadcast program in the memory with that included in the received electronic program list. As a result of this, when they are not identical with each other, the recorder changes the broadcast time data of the above broadcast program stored in the memory to the broadcast time data of the above broadcast program included in the electronic program list. | 12-22-2011 |
20120020650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE MEDIA CONTENT RECORDINGS - Exemplary systems and methods for preventing duplicative media content recordings are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting that a media content instance is scheduled to be recorded, determining, based on an operations log of one or more past operations of the media access subsystem, that the scheduled recording of the media content instance is duplicative of a past recording, and selectively canceling the scheduled recording of the media content instance in response to the determination that the scheduled recording is duplicative of the past recording. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
20120027385 | PROGRAM RECORDER, PROGRAM RECORDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDED PROGRAM MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording management system including, a retaining module configured to independently retain, information on a program recorded by a first recorder and information on a program recorded by a second recorder independent of the first recorder, a list creating module configured to create a combined recorded program list, the combined recorded program list including a combination of the information on the program recorded by the first recorder and the information on the program recorded by the second recorder that are retained by the retaining module, and a managing module configured to create a list of the programs reproducible by a reproducer from the combined recorded program list retained by the list creating module in response to a request from the reproducer for the list of the programs reproducible by this reproducer, the managing module sending back the generated reproducible program list to the reproducer. | 02-02-2012 |
20120076472 | RECEIVERS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS - A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk | 03-29-2012 |
20120155838 | Matrix Code-Based User Interface - A method for presenting a matrix code may include receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying identifying data relating to a remotely accessible program, generating, at a content receiver, a matrix code from the identifying data relating to the remotely accessible program, transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, and receiving the remotely accessible program in response to a user capture of the matrix code. A method for remotely controlling a set top box and a method for setting a recording time on a set top box are also described. A method of preparing a program guide may include gathering program information, generating matrix codes for each program including program data, and associating the matrix codes with respective programs. | 06-21-2012 |
20120183279 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING TV PROGRAMS - An electronic device for recording a TV program includes a parameter setting module, a recording module, a storing module, and a transmitting module. The parameters setting module receives parameters, and the parameters includes a TV channel, a segment condition, a start recording time and an end recording time of the TV channel. The recording module records the TV program of the TV channel to a first segment file from the start recording time to the end recording time. The storing module stores the first segment file when the segment condition is reached, and records the TV program to a second segment file after storing the first segment file. The transmitting module transmits the first segment file to a central server. The disclosure further offers a method for recording a TV program in the electronic device. | 07-19-2012 |
20120243852 | METHODS OF PERFORMING SCHEDULED RECORDING IN HOME NETWORK SYSTEM AND DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER AND DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of performing schedule recording in a home network system is provided that includes receiving a pre-registered reserved word from a terminal and searching a content corresponding to the reserved word and transmitting a reservation list including information on the searched content to a terminal indicated by the reserved word, wherein receiving the pre-registered reserved word and transmitting a reservation list are performed by a digital media server. | 09-27-2012 |
20120251084 | REPLACE CONTENT WITH LIKE CONTENT TO ENHANCE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE - A method and a system for replacement of programs on a video recorder based on preferences and size constraints of a video recorder. The video recorder compares recorded programs in the computer readable storage media and a schedule of programs to be recorded to a plurality of global preferences and program specific preferences specifying preferred recording quality. For each recorded program whose quality does not match a global preference or program specific preference, a listing of future programs is examined for alternate versions of the program which do match a global preference or program specific preference. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257878 | CONTENTS PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND CONTENTS PLAYBACK METHOD - Time information including a date, a time and the like or a condition and the like are recorded in association with contents. When the user simply selects contents, the contents and time information associated with the contents are received at a mobile device and the contents are automatically played at a time indicated by the time information. The time information includes time associated with the details of contents. For example, if the contents include a sound for reading out program information of a broadcast program, the time information corresponds to a broadcasting date included in the program information. | 10-11-2012 |
20130051772 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ACCESS MEDIA - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to share media are disclosed. An example method involves receiving from a mobile device a representation of media content detected at the mobile device. The example method also involves receiving from the mobile device a first user identifier of a first user of the mobile device and a second user identifier of a second user different from the first user. In addition, the media content is identified based on the representation of the media content. The second user is selectively provided with access to the media content based on the second user identifier. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058631 | USER INTERFACE PROVISION METHOD AND A SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - The present invention relates to a user interface provision method and to a system using the method, and more specifically relates to: a user interface provision method in which video signals provided from a plurality of content providers are generated in a browsing interface and supplied to a display device; and a system using the method. | 03-07-2013 |
20130084058 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING CLIENT RECORDING AND STORAGE BEHAVIOR - A system for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The viewer may request that certain content be captured. Capture requests also allow the service to determine content to be recorded by the client system in the same manner that a viewer requests that certain content are recorded but are more powerful than what a viewer can request. Recording requests for a capture request can preempt viewer requests or be entered at the same or lower priority as a viewer request. Capture requests can adjust all aspects of a recording request and affect the capture request itself. Client system operational functionality are also manipulated by the service using capture requests. | 04-04-2013 |
20130089306 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USAGE TIMERS FOR A PRESENTATION DEVICE - A method for controlling usage times for a presentation device is provided. The method may include receiving first user input requesting presentation of content on a presentation device. The method may also include activating a usage timer for the presentation device. The method may further include receiving second user input requesting presentation of a content selection menu. The method may additionally include presenting the content selection menu including a preview window on the presentation device. The method may moreover include suspending the usage timer during presentation of the content selection menu. The method may furthermore include, in response to suspending the usage timer, suspending the preview window. | 04-11-2013 |
20130108245 | MEDIA CONTENT RECORDING, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 05-02-2013 |
20130136422 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SCHEDULED VIEWING SETTING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method of setting a scheduled viewing of broadcast content is provided. The method includes: receiving a command for setting a scheduled viewing of broadcast content; recording the scheduled broadcast content; during the recording, detecting presence of a user; and determining whether to delete the recorded broadcast content based on a result of the detecting the presence of the user. | 05-30-2013 |
20130163964 | METHOD OF USING AV DEVICES AND AV DEVICE SYSTEM - A plurality of devices and a device system are disclosed, in which a plurality of input devices generate an input AV signal, a related device records and reproduces the AV signal, and a display device displays the AV signal. The input devices, the related device and the display device are interconnected to configure an AV system having a bus for transmitting or receiving the AV signal and management information. The related device of the AV system includes a recording medium for recording the AV signal, and the input devices transmit to the related device a request to secure a recording area on the recording medium. | 06-27-2013 |
20130243395 | MANAGING REMOTE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT RECORDED AT A TELEVISION RECEIVER - Various arrangements for providing remote access to locally-recorded television programming is presented. In some embodiments, a DVR is presented that it is configured to receive input indicating a timer for recording a television channel during a time period. The DVR may record television programming on the television channel during the time period indicated by the timer. The television receiver may further receive input indicating the television programming is to be stored remotely. The DVR may transmit the television programming to a media distribution management system via a second network. The DVR may transmit an indication of a user account to the media distribution management system via the second network. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243396 | TIMER DISTRIBUTION ACROSS MULTIPLE CLIENT DEVICES - Arrangements for managing a digital video recorder timer at a plurality of television receivers are presented. A plurality of television receivers may be present. Each television receiver of the plurality of television receivers may be linked with a particular user account. Each television receiver may use separate receiving hardware to receive television programming from a television service provider. A timer management computer system may receive a timer associated with the particular user account. The timer may specify a date, a time, and a television channel to be recorded. Based on the received timer, the timer management computer system may notify each television receiver of the plurality of television receivers of the timer for recording. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243397 | RECORDING OF MULTIPLE TELEVISION CHANNELS - A first user interface may be presented comprising a single selection option that enables recording of multiple television channels. A first user input, in response to the first user interface may be received enabling the option for recording of the multiple television channels. Data indicating a time period during which a television channel of the multiple television channels is to be recorded may be received from a television service provider. A record timer for the television channel of the multiple television channels may be set based on the user input enabling recording of multiple television channels and the data indicating the time period. The television channel of the multiple television channels may be recorded based on the record timer. | 09-19-2013 |
20130259451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a recording unit in which operating systems are recorded in dedicated areas of the operating systems and information set by at least the one operating system is recorded in a common area capable of being referred to by any of the operating systems, and a control unit including a setting storage unit in which the information set by the operating system having set the information to the common area is stored and a stored setting is deleted when any of the plurality of operating systems is activated, and referring to the set information while another operating system different from the operating system having set the information to the common area is active, the other operating system performing specific processing based on the information before performing processing based on the setting in the operating system having set the information to the common area. | 10-03-2013 |
20130272681 | PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER FUNCTIONALITY FOR PLACESHIFTING SYSTEMS - PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and present the program schedule information to the user. Based on user input, the media player identifies a media program and associated schedule information. When the media program is scheduled to play, the placeshifting device directs a media recording device to receive the media program and to store the program. The placeshifting device may digitize, transcode, and/or transrate the media program, if necessary, and transmit the media program to the remote device for playback. | 10-17-2013 |
20130272682 | Server-Based Program Recording Scheduling - A DVR sends, over the Internet, to a server, information that indicates a set of programs. The information also may indicate a ranking of the programs in the set relative to each other. In response to receiving the information from the DVR, the server determines a “to do” list of programs that the DVR should record as those programs are broadcasted in the future. The “to do” list indicates recording times and channels for each program. The server sends the “to do” list back to the DVR over the Internet. The DVR receives the “to do” list over the Internet and stores the “to do” list. As the programs on the “to do” list are broadcasted, the DVR automatically records those programs at the list-specified times and on the list-specified channels. The DVR stores those programs on the DVR's hard disk drive for later viewing by the DVR user. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294753 | FACILITY FOR PROCESSING VERBAL FEEDBACK AND UPDATING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER (DVR) RECORDING PATTERNS - A method, a system and a computer program product for using speech/voice recognition technology to update digital video recorder (DVR) program recording patterns, based on program viewer/listener feedback. A speech controlled patient modification (SCPM) utility, utilizes a DVR recording sub-system integrated with speech processing functionality to compare control phrases with phrases uttered by a viewer. If a control phrase matches a phrase uttered by the viewer, the SCPM utility modifies the DVR recording patterns, according to a set of pre-programmed governing rules. For example, the SCPM utility may avoid, modifying the recording patterns for programs within a list of “favorite” programs but may modify the recording patterns for programs excluded from the list. The SCPM utility determines priority of the uttered phrases by identifying users and retrieving a preset priority level of the identified users. The priority level is then used to control changes to the recording patterns. | 11-07-2013 |
20140064707 | SCENE SCHEDULING SYSTEM, SCENE SCHEDULING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A scene scheduling system, a scene scheduling method, and a recording medium thereof are provided. This system includes a medium providing module, an input module, a time scheduling unit and a medium capture module. The medium providing module is used for providing medium data and ad medium data corresponding thereto. The input module is used for inputting a channel setting signal. The time scheduling unit provides a piece of preset time scheduling data, and adjusts the preset time scheduling data according to the channel setting signal, so as to form a piece of personalization time scheduling data. The medium capture module captures the medium data and the a piece of ad medium data corresponding to the channel setting signal and the personalization time scheduling data from the medium providing module according to the personalization time scheduling data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064708 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A playing method is executed in an electronic device. The electronic device plays information from a storage unit. The electronic device includes a non-volatile memory. The playing method includes steps of: receiving a first playing commands; obtaining information from the storage unit in response to the first playing commands; playing the obtained information; obtaining a playing position at a predetermined time interval; and storing the playing position into the non-volatile memory. | 03-06-2014 |
20140301718 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording and reproducing apparatus that is capable of performing continuous recording includes a receiver that receives broadcasting programs, a recorder on which the broadcasting programs received by the receiver are recorded, a reproducer that reproduces the broadcasting programs recorded on the recorder, and a controller that determines which broadcasting program among the broadcasting programs recorded on the recorder is reproduced by the reproducer, and controls the continuous recording on a basis of record information of the broadcasting program reproduced by the reproducer. | 10-09-2014 |
20150010292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAIL-SAFE PROGRAM RECORDING IN PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS - A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for implementing backup recording of events are disclosed. The method may include detecting, by a personal video recorder (PVR) cluster coordinator, an interruption in a current or scheduled recording of an event at a first PVR. The method may further include determining, by the PVR cluster coordinator, a PVR cluster corresponding to the first PVR in response to the detection, the PVR cluster comprising a plurality of PVRs and including the first PVR. The method may further include facilitating, by the PVR cluster coordinator, a backup recording of the interrupted recording at a serving PVR in the PVR cluster after determining the PVR cluster corresponding to the first PVR. Further, the PVR cluster coordinator may be implemented by at least one computer processor. | 01-08-2015 |
20150071621 | DVR Schedule Collaboration Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes a DVR schedule collaboration system 1) maintaining data representative of a plurality of DVR schedules associated with a plurality of users, 2) creating a master DVR schedule based on the plurality of DVR schedules, and 3) facilitating creation of a personal DVR schedule by a user in accordance with at least one of the master DVR schedule and one or more of the DVR schedules associated with the plurality of users. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150110471 | Capturing Media Content in Accordance with a Viewer Expression - Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes: at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: detecting display of a media content item; while the media content item is being displayed: detecting a viewer expression corresponding to a predefined viewer expression; and in response to detecting the viewer expression: identifying a portion of the media content item corresponding in time to the viewer expression. In some implementations, the viewer expression—selected from one of: a facial expression, a body movement, a voice, or an arm, leg or finger gesture—is presumed to be a viewer reaction to the portion of the media content item. | 04-23-2015 |
20220141517 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERSATILE VIDEO RECORDING - System and methods are disclosed that improve the speed, efficiency and usefulness of digital video recording systems. In some embodiments, during recording of a video capturing live action, a video recorder receives an indication of selection of a dynamic in-point selection user interface element. The video recorder determines an in-point for the video based on when the indication of the selection of the dynamic in-point selection user interface element was received. The video recorder then stops recording of the video in response to user input indicating to stop recording of the video. After stopping recording of the video, in response to user input indicating to start playing the video that was recorded, the video recorder starts playing the video from the in-point instead of a beginning of the video. In other embodiments, the user may be provided options to keep the entire originally recorded video, adjust the in-point, or to have the video be automatically edited based on the in-point in response to some other action, such as uploading the video to a social media site. | 05-05-2022 |