DSL video service with automatic program selector
OwnerBruce E. Stuckman, Michael Grannan +3inventors
InventorsBruce E. Stuckman, Michael Grannan, Robert R. Bushey, Russell W. White, Benjamin A. Knott
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Abstract
A digital video recorder (DVR) has a memory to simultaneously store consecutive video programs in a sequence of video programs. An automatic program selector automatically adds a video program from the sequence to a download schedule in response to playback of a first of the consecutive video programs in the memory, the video program sequentially following a last of the consecutive video programs stored in the memory. A modem downloads the video program from a video server based on the download schedule for storage in the memory.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- simultaneously storing, in a digital video recorder (DVR), consecutive video programs in a sequence of video programs;
- playing back a first of the consecutive video programs using the DVR;
- in response to said playing back the first of the consecutive video programs, automatically adding a video program from the sequence to a download schedule, the video program sequentially following a last of the consecutive video programs stored in the DVR;
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- downloading the video program from a video server to the DVR based on the download schedule.
An apparatus comprising:
- a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory, an automatic program selector and a modem;
- the memory to simultaneously store consecutive video programs in a sequence of video programs;
- the automatic program selector to automatically add a video program from the sequence to a download schedule in response to playback of a first of the consecutive video programs in the memory, the video program sequentially following a last of the consecutive video programs stored in the memory;
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- the modem to download the video program from a video server based on the download schedule for storage in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.