Managing remote distribution of content recorded at a television receiver
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorDavid Kummer
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Abstract
Various arrangements for providing remote access to locally-recorded television programming is presented. In some embodiments, a DVR is presented that it is configured to receive input indicating a timer for recording a television channel during a time period. The DVR may record television programming on the television channel during the time period indicated by the timer. The television receiver may further receive input indicating the television programming is to be stored remotely. The DVR may transmit the television programming to a media distribution management system via a second network. The DVR may transmit an indication of a user account to the media distribution management system via the second network.
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A method for providing remote access to television programming recorded using a television receiver, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a television service provider system, a broadcast television program to a plurality of television receivers;
- receiving, by the television service provider system, the broadcast television program as recorded by the television receiver of the plurality of television receivers and an indication of a user account associated with the television receiver;
- scheduling, by the television service provider system, encoding of the broadcast television program into at least one format and at least one bitrate;
- encoding, by the television service provider system, the broadcast television program into a format of the at least one format and a bitrate of the at least one bitrate;
- and
- storing, by the television service provider system, the encoded television program in the format and the bitrate in association with the user account.
A media distribution management system for providing remote access to television programming recorded using a television receiver, the media distribution management system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive the broadcast television program as recorded by the television receiver of the plurality of television receivers and an indication of a user account associated with the television receiver;
- schedule encoding of the broadcast television program into at least one format and at least one bitrate;
- encode the broadcast television program into a format of the at least one format and a bitrate of the at least one bitrate;
- and
- store the encoded television program in the format and the bitrate in association with the user account.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium for providing remote access to television programming recorded using a television receiver comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
- receive the broadcast television program as recorded by the television receiver of the plurality of television receivers and an indication of a user account associated with the television receiver;
- schedule encoding of the broadcast television program into at least one format and at least one bitrate;
- encode the broadcast television program into a format of the at least one format and a bitrate of the at least one bitrate;
- and
- store the encoded television program in the format and the bitrate in association with the user account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.