System and method for set-top box recording
AssigneeEmbarq Holdings Company, LLC
InventorsDavid Rondeau, David Emerson, Gary Lafreniere, Mike Goergen
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an integrated set-top box for recording a voice communication and/or a voicemail. In one embodiment, the integrated set-top box automatically detects communications associated with a monitored communication line and records and stores the voice communications in a data storage unit of the integrated set-top box. In another embodiment, the integrated set-top box may provide voicemail capabilities in addition to other features.
Claims20
A set-top box comprising:
- memory for storing computer executable instructions;
- a data storage unit for storing recorded voice communications and recorded media content files;
- a line monitoring module for detecting a connected call on a communication line;
- and
- a processing unit for executing the computer executable instructions to record a voice communication occurring over the communication line in response to detecting the connected call.
A computer implemented method for recording a voice communication on a set-top box, the computer implemented method comprising:
- monitoring a communication line to detect a connected phone call;
- recording the audio associated with the connected phone call;
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- storing the audio in a data storage unit associated with the set-top box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.