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US 2005/0097607 A1Published application
Remote setting of recording timers
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsDavid Kummer, Mark Jackson, Michael Dugan, Daniel Minnick
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to have a pay television distributor set timers for the user. The timers record programs either requested by the user or by the pay television distributor.
Claims27
A method of remotely commanding a user's DVR device to record a television program comprising:
- a. identifying the user of the DVR device;
- b. selecting a program to be recorded;
- c. associating the program to be recorded with the user;
- d. transmitting to a headend information identifying the user and identifying the program to be recorded;
- e. translating the information identifying the user into a unique identification code associated with the user's DVR device;
- f. associating the unique identification code with the program to be recorded to form a recording command;
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- g. multiplexing said recording command into a stream of digital data to be broadcast for receipt by said user's DVR.
5 more elements
A method to record programs on a television converter for a subscriber to a pay television service, compromising:
- a. sending a command from a pay television distributor to the television converter, wherein the command requires a recording timer to be set;
- b. setting the recording timer in the television converter
- c. recording a program according to the recording timer;
- d. providing the recorded program to the subscriber.
1 more element
A television converter for setting a recording timer for a television program, comprising:
- a. a first memory, wherein the first memory stores the television program;
- b. a second memory, wherein the second memory stores the recording timer;
- c. a phone line connection, wherein the phone line connection receives a command from a pay television distributor to set a recording timer for the television program;
- d. a processor coupled in communication to the first memory, the second memory, and the phone line connection, wherein the processor receives the command, sets the recording timer, stores the timer in the second memory, and executes the recording timer by commanding the first memory to record the television program.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.