WO2006015186B1 - System and method for distributed sharing and recording of live-tv - Google Patents

System and method for distributed sharing and recording of live-tv

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WO2006015186B1
WO2006015186B1 PCT/US2005/026919 US2005026919W WO2006015186B1 WO 2006015186 B1 WO2006015186 B1 WO 2006015186B1 US 2005026919 W US2005026919 W US 2005026919W WO 2006015186 B1 WO2006015186 B1 WO 2006015186B1
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program
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Rajesh B Khandelwal
Sathya Narayanan
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Rajesh B Khandelwal
Sathya Narayanan
Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/43615—Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals
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    • H04N21/4135—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices external recorder
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    • H04N21/414—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
    • H04N21/4147—PVR [Personal Video Recorder]
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    • H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
    • H04N21/42607—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream
    • H04N21/4263—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/765—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital

Abstract

A multi-room PVR system is for use with a home network connected to one or more DTV devices having tuner resources for obtaining DTV media and/or memory resources for storing DTV media. A resource manager module is adapted to perceive, access, and control the resources over the home network. A user interface module is adapted to receive user control commands for changing channel of a current program and pausing the current program. A program objects manager module is adapted to allocate tuners for receiving programs and memory for recording programs, and designate a current program among the tuners and memory based on the user control commands.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[Received by the International Bureau on 24 March 2006 (24.03.2006)]What is claimed is:
1. A multi-room PVR system for use with a home network connected to one or more DTV devices having at least one of tuner resources for obtaining DTV media or memory resources for storing DTV media, the system comprising: a resource manager module adapted to perceive, access, and control said resources over said home network; a user interface module adapted to receive user control commands for changing channel of a current program and pausing the current program; and a program objects manager module adapted to allocate tuners for receiving programs and memory for recording programs, and designate a current program among the tuners and memory based on the user control commands.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a media rendering manager module accomplishing co-display on a media rendering device of a current program as primary media content and one or more icons representing statuses of recorded programs, including at least one recorded program other than the current program.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to render an icon according to at least one of a display property or appearance to indicate whether a recorded program is ready to be viewed.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to determine whether the recorded program is ready to be viewed based on one or more triggers generated in response to at least one of:
(a) detection of start of advertisement in the recorded program; (b) detection of end of advertisement in the recorded program;
(c) detection of a predefined image in video media of the recorded program; or
33 (d) detection of a predefined sound in audio media of the recorded program.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to permit the user to specify one or more viewing readiness criteria for a recorded program.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to allow the user to specify the viewing readiness criteria in the form of at least one of: one or more criteria for generating triggers; or one or more triggers.
7. The system of claim 2, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to receive the current program from a tuner over said home network.
8. The system of claim 2, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to receive the current program from memory over said home network.
9. The system of claim 2, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to display the icons in positions reserved for recorded programs so as not to conflict with one another.
10. The system of claim 2, wherein said media rendering management module is adapted to render an icon according to at least one of a display property or appearance to indicate a hot button of a user interface device employed by the user, said hot button operable to select a recorded program related to that icon.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein said user interface module, said program objects manager module, and said resource allocation module are
34 adapted to interact so that pausing of a program directly causes allocation of memory on the network by memory manager module and attachment of a time shift buffer.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein said user interface module, said program objects manager module, and said resource allocation module are adapted to interact so that changing channel from a recorded program directly causes allocation and use of an idle tuner on the network.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein said user interface module, said program objects manager module, and said resource allocation module are adapted to interact so that returning to a channel of a recorded program directly causes designation of memory storing the recorded program as the current program, thereby causing access of the program thus designated from memory and display thereof as primary media content on a media rendering device.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein said user interface module, said program objects manager module, and said resource allocation module are adapted to interact so that user selection of a hot button associated with a recorded program directly causes designation of memory storing the recorded program as the current program, thereby causing access of the program thus designated from memory and display thereof as primary media content on a media rendering device.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein said program objects manager module is adapted to create program objects recording information including at least one of: a tuner; media metadata; recorded location; icon; or program status.
16. A method of operation for a multi-room PVR for use with a home network connected to one or more DTV devices having at least one of tuner resources for obtaining DTV media or memory resources for storing DTV media, the method comprising: perceiving, accessing, and controlling said resources over said home network; receiving user control commands for changing channels of a current program and pausing the current program; and allocating tuners for receiving programs and memory for recording programs; and designating a current program among the tuners and memory based on the user control commands.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising accomplishing co- display on a media rendering device of a current program as primary media content and one or more icons representing statuses of recorded programs, including at least one recorded program other than the current program.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising rendering an icon according to at least one of a display property or appearance to indicate whether a recorded program is ready to be viewed.
19. The method of claim 18, further determining whether the recorded program is ready to be viewed based on one or more triggers generated in response to at least one of:
(a) detection of start of advertisement in the recorded program; (b) detection of end of advertisement in the recorded program;
(c) detection of a predefined image in video media of the recorded program; or
(d) detection of a predefined sound in audio media of the recorded program.
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