公开(公告)号：US20130152142A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-13

申请号：US13766388

申请日：2013-02-13

Applicant: TiVo Inc.

Inventor： Richard A. LANG ,  Eric WALTERS

IPC: H04N21/472

CPC classification number: H04N21/47217 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/7921 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N21/42203 ,  H04N21/42219 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/812

Abstract: A system and method for time-shifted viewing of broadcast television programs is disclosed. Simultaneous recording and playback are provided by using buffer storage as the source and destination of compressed or uncompressed digital video/audio programs, Full VCR-like control is provided for all playback within the buffer storage. Playback and control of recorded programs may be initiated by the user at any time after initiation of the broadcast program with simultaneous continuous recording of the ongoing live broadcast, Larger archival storage and removable is also provided for storing and building a library of programs. Viewer playback control data may be stored as part of the program or used as edit points prior to archival. Numerous options are provided for features such as continuous automatic recording in a circular buffer fashion, program archival, editing, Internet interfaces, multiple-channel recording and more.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于广播电视节目的时移观看的系统和方法。 通过使用缓冲存储器作为压缩或未压缩的数字视频/音频程序的源和目的地提供同时记录和重放，为缓冲存储器内的所有回放提供全VCR类控制。 记录节目的播放和控制可以由用户在开始广播节目之后的任何时间发起，同时连续记录正在进行的现场广播，还提供用于存储和构建节目库的较大档案存储和可移除。 查看器播放控制数据可以存储为程序的一部分，或者在归档之前用作编辑点。 提供了许多选项，例如以循环缓冲方式连续自动记录，程序归档，编辑，Internet接口，多通道录像等功能。