Power outage dvr back up system
AssigneeEmbarq Holdings Company, LLC
InventorsJamie Howarter, Doug Ceballos
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and method for recording television content in the event of a power loss. For example, in one embodiment, an optical network terminal associated with providing video service to the digital video recorder is utilized to backup and store a scheduled television program that occurs during the duration of a power outage affecting the digital video recorder.
Claims20
A method for recording television content in the event of a power loss, the method comprising:
- monitoring for a power outage affecting a digital video recorder;
- responsive to detecting the power outage, determining whether the digital video recorder is scheduled to record a program during a time coinciding with the power outage;
- responsive to determining that the digital video recorder is scheduled to record a program during the time coinciding with the power outage, maintaining video service on an optical network terminal associated with providing video service to the digital video recorder;
- storing video data corresponding to the program on a data storage unit associated with the optical network terminal;
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- responsive to determining that the power to the digital video recorder is restored, transferring the stored video data corresponding to the program from the data storage unit to the digital video recorder.
A method for recording television content in the event of a power loss, the method comprising:
- receiving stored data from an optical network after initiating a power up sequence associated with a digital video recorder;
- associating the data with a scheduled program;
- storing the data on a data storage unit associated with the digital video recorder;
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- updating a list of recorded content to include the scheduled program.
An optical network terminal configured to store television content in the event of a power loss to a digital video recorder, the optical network terminal comprising:
- a transceiver for receiving the television content;
- an external power source unit for receiving power from an external source;
- a battery backup unit for providing power to the optical network terminal in the event external power is unavailable;
- a system-on-a-chip configured to identify a power outage and initiate recording of a scheduled program associated with the digital video recorder during the power outage;
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- a data storage unit for storing the scheduled program recording.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.