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US 8,559,795 B2Granted
Mobile personal video recorder
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsReuven Wachtfogel, Shabtai Atlow
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Abstract
A method of digital television recording including receiving a content item at a first Personal Video Recorder (PVR), determining whether to transfer the content item based, at least in part, on at least one of the following currentness of the content item, a user preference, and a user profile, and transferring the content item from the first PVR to a mobile PVR only upon a positive result of the determining. Related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.
Claims26
A method of digital television recording comprising:
- receiving a content item at a first Personal Video Recorder (PVR);
- determining whether to transfer the content item based on at least one of the following:
- groups to which a user is known to belong;
- user purchase history;
- user recording history;
- and
- broadcaster requirements;
- and
- synchronizing the first PVR to a mobile PVR, the synchronizing comprising:
- updating an electronic program guide (EPG);
- updating conditional access information;
- and
- transferring the content item from the first PVR to the mobile PVR only upon a positive result of the determining,
- wherein the EPG is cached on the mobile PVR to allow a user to book a recording of a program or a series of programs when the mobile PVR is not connected to the first PVR;
- and
- after booking a program or series of programs on the mobile PVR when the mobile PVR is synchronized with the first PVR the mobile PVR sends a booking request to the first PVR to instruct the first PVR to record the program or series of programs.
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A digital television recording system comprising:
- a first Personal Video Recorder (PVR) operative to receive a content item, the first PVR comprising;
- a determining unit on the first PVR operative to determine whether to copy the content item based on at least one of the following:
- groups to which a user is known to belong;
- user purchase history;
- user recording history;
- and
- broadcaster requirements;
- and
- a synchronizer operative to synchronize the first PVR to a mobile PVR, the synchronizing comprising:
- updating an electronic program guide (EPG);
- updating conditional access information;
- and
- transferring the content item from the first PVR to the mobile PVR only upon a positive result of the determining,
- wherein the EPG is cached on the mobile PVR to allow a user to book a recording of a program or a series of programs when the mobile PVR is not connected to the first PVR;
- and
- after booking a program or series of programs on the mobile PVR when the mobile PVR is synchronized with the first PVR the mobile PVR sends a booking request to the first PVR to instruct the first PVR to record the program or series of programs.
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A digital television recording system comprising:
- a first Personal Video Recorder (PVR) operative to receive a content item, the first PVR comprising;
- determining means comprised in the first PVR for determining whether to copy the content item based on at least one of the following:
- groups to which a user is known to belong;
- user purchase history;
- user recording history;
- and
- broadcaster requirements;
- and
- synchronizing means synchronizing from the first PVR to a mobile PVR, the synchronizing comprising:
- updating an electronic program guide (EPG);
- updating conditional access information;
- and
- transferring the content item from the first PVR to the mobile PVR only upon a positive result of the determining,
- wherein the EPG is cached on the mobile PVR to allow a user to book a recording of a program or a series of programs when the mobile PVR is not connected to the first PVR;
- and
- after booking a program or series of programs on the mobile PVR when the mobile PVR is synchronized with the first PVR the mobile PVR sends a booking request to the first PVR to instruct the first PVR to record the program or series of programs.
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A method of digital television recording comprising:
- receiving a content item at a first Personal Video Recorder (PVR);
- determining whether to transfer the content item based, at least in part, on at least one of the following:
- groups to which a user is known to belong;
- user purchase history;
- and
- broadcaster requirements;
- and
- synchronizing the first PVR to a mobile PVR, the synchronizing comprising:
- updating an electronic program guide (EPG);
- updating conditional access information;
- and
- transferring the content item from the first PVR to the mobile PVR only upon a positive result of the determining,
- wherein the EPG is cached on the mobile PVR to allow a user to book a recording of a program or a series of programs when the mobile PVR is not connected to the first PVR;
- and
- after booking a program or series of programs on the mobile PVR when the mobile PVR is synchronized with the first PVR the mobile PVR sends a booking request to the first PVR to instruct the first PVR to record the program or series of programs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.