Personal video recorder with limited attached local storage
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorMajd Bakar
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Abstract
This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate employing a server based content recording component for recording content remotely for a client content video recording device that has limited storage and limited number of content streams to which it can access concurrently, while satisfying content rules for broadcast and re-transmission.
Claims21
A method for receiving recorded content, the method comprising:
- generating a representation of a first portion of a video content item;
- transmitting, using a hardware processor, from a client device to a server, a request for the server to record a video content item, wherein the request includes the representation of the first portion of the video content item as evidence that the client device had unencrypted access to at least a previous portion of the video content item and an identifier of a user account used to access the video content item and to which the client device is authenticated;
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- receiving, from the server and at a second client device associated with the user account, access to playback subsequent portions of the video content item in response to the request and based on the representation of the first portion of the video content item and based on the user account without transmitting another representation of a portion of the video content item.
A system for receiving recorded content, the system comprising:
- a hardware processor of a client device that:
- generates a representation of a first portion of a video content item;
- transmits, from a client device to a server, a request for the server to record a video content item, wherein the request includes the representation of the first portion of the video content item as evidence that the client device had unencrypted access to at least a previous portion of the video content item and an identifier of a user account used to access the video content item and to which the client device is authenticated;
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- receives, from the server and at a second client device associated with the user account, access to playback subsequent portions of the video content item in response to the request and based on the representation of the first portion of the video content item and based on the user account without transmitting another representation of a portion of the video content item.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for receiving recorded content, the method comprising:
- generating a representation of a first portion of a video content item;
- transmitting, from a client device to a server, a request for the server to record a video content item, wherein the request includes the representation of the first portion of the video content item as evidence that the client device had unencrypted access to at least a previous portion of the video content item and an identifier of a user account used to access the video content item and to which the client device is authenticated;
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- receiving, from the server and at a second client device associated with the user account, access to playback subsequent portions of the video content item in response to the request and based on the representation of the first portion of the video content item and based on the user account without transmitting another representation of a portion of the video content item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.