Broadband set-top box front-end storage system
OwnerMatthew John Wahoske, Thomas Herbert Jones +1inventors
InventorsMatthew John Wahoske, Thomas Herbert Jones, Xiaodong Liu
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Abstract
A user-side receiver system includes a gateway device, which provides an interface between a subscriber-based network, and an output device. A storage system is disposed externally from the gateway device and is coupled to the gateway device through a network interface. The storage system provides memory for storage of data streams transmitted from the network to the gateway device. The network interface links the gateway device to the storage system to cooperatively access and store data to/from the storage system in a way that limits access to the data by a user.
Claims18
A user-side receiver system, comprising:
- a gateway for providing a link between a network that carries content and an output device;
- and
- an interface coupling the gateway to an external storage device for storage of content on the external storage device such that access to the stored content is controlled via the gateways.
A method for receiving and storing data from a subscriber-based network, comprising the steps of:
- providing a gateway device between a subscriber-based network and an output device;
- coupling a storage system to the gateway device for providing memory for storage of data streams transmitted from the network to the gateway device, said storage system being external to the gateway device;
- interfacing the gateway device to the storage system with a networking protocol;
- receiving a data stream through the gateway device from the subscriberbased network;
- and
- storing the data stream on the storage system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.