Managing time-shift data
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsBrian Duane Clevenger, Mark Allen McCleary, Bruno Le Garjan, Benjamin Allen Pullen
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Abstract
There are provided respective systems and methods for recording and playing back media content. The system for recording media content includes a segmenter (303) for splitting transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content into discrete files at periodic intervals on access point boundaries. Each of the discrete files includes a respective transport segment and a respective index segment. The system also includes a segment storage device (304) for storing the discrete files.
Claims22
A system for recording media content, comprising:
- a segmenter for splitting transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content into discrete files at periodic intervals on access point boundaries, each of the discrete files including a respective transport segment and a respective index segment;
- and
- a segment storage device for storing the discrete files.
A method for recording media content, comprising:
- splitting transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content into discrete files at periodic intervals on access point boundaries, each of the discrete files including a respective transport segment and a respective index segment;
- and
- storing the discrete files in a segment storage device.
A system for playing back media content, comprising:
- a segment storage device for storing discrete files, each of the discrete files including a respective transport segment and a respective index segment obtained from transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content;
- and
- a desegmenter for re-assembling transport segments from the discrete files for seamless playback of the transport segments.
A method for playing back media content, comprising:
- storing discrete files in a segment storage device, each of the discrete files including a respective transport segment and a respective index segment obtained from transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content.
- re-assembling transport segments from discrete files for seamless playback of the transport segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.