DSL video service with storage
AssigneeATT Knowledge Ventures L.P.
InventorsBruce E. Stuckman, Michael Grannan, Robert R. Bushey, Russell W. White, Benjamin A. Knott, David Patron
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Abstract
A list of video programs downloadable via a digital subscriber line, including a presently-unavailable video program and its associated date of download availability, is presented to a user. A user selection of the video program is received. Based on the user selection, an entry is added to a download schedule to schedule downloading the video program on or after its associated date of download availability. The video program is downloaded via the digital subscriber line based on the download schedule.
Claims41
A method comprising:
- presenting a list of video programs downloadable via a digital subscriber line, the list including a presently-unavailable first video program and its associated date of download availability;
- receiving a first user selection of the first video program from the list;
- based on said receiving the first user selection, adding a first entry to a download schedule to schedule downloading the first video program on or after its associated date of download availability;
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- downloading the first video program via the digital subscriber line based on the download schedule.
A system comprising:
- a digital video recorder to present a list of video programs downloadable via a digital subscriber line, the list including a presently-unavailable first video program and its associated date of download availability;
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- a user input interface to receive a first user selection of the first video program from the list and to communicate same to the digital video recorder;
- wherein, based on the first user selection, the digital video recorder is to add a first entry to a download schedule to schedule downloading the first video program on or after its associated date of download availability, and to download the first video program via the digital subscriber line based on the download schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.