Automated run-time adjustment
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorDavid K. Broberg
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Abstract
A method and system for automated run-time adjustment that includes an ability to start or end a scheduled recording at an earlier or later period of time. The adjustment may allow a program to be recorded in its entirety regardless of whether the program is starting late or running long. The recording period adjustments performed in accordance with the contemplated run-time adjustment may be made with reliance on data transmitted with the program in order to optionally insure the adjustment are made with respect to the actual content and not some pre-determined or arbitrary recording extension inputted by a user.
Claims23
A runtime adjustment system configured to adjust a recording time of a media program having a start time and an end time, comprising:
- a runtime detector having a first input for receiving, from a video source providing the media program, a digital signal facilitating transmission of the media program, wherein the digital signal includes video data and runtime adjustment data specific to the media program, and wherein the runtime detector is configured to monitor the digital signal and detect the runtime adjustment data and having a first output for transmitting a result based on the runtime adjustment data;
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- a runtime adjuster having a second input for receiving the result based on the runtime adjustment data from the first output of the runtime detector and having a second output configured to control the recording time as a function of the result based on the runtime adjustment data of a media program recording device equipped to record the media program between the start time and the end time.
A media recording system with remote playback capabilities, comprising:
- a recorder in electronic communication with a storage medium configured to capture media content transmitted over a device a first network from a media service provider and storing the captured media content on the storage medium as recorded media content, wherein the captured media content includes video data and program information data different from the video data, and wherein a runtime of the captured media content is based on the program information data specific to the captured media content;
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- a remote playback device configured to transmit the captured media content from the storage medium to a remotely located playback device at least in part over a second network upon request by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.