公开(公告)号：US20180124447A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15336845

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Ian M. Smith ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4302 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/458

Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to store first recording information that indicates programs that are recorded and stored at user devices, and programs to be recorded and stored at the user devices, receive, from a user device, a message that includes second recording information, wherein the second recording information includes second data instances; compare a portion of the first recording information with the second recording information; determine whether there is a difference between each first data instance relative to each corresponding second data instance; determine a master source for each first data instance that differs from each corresponding second data instance; update each first data instance that differs, one of the network device or the user device based on the master source, and provide the DVR service based on an updated portion of the first recording information, an updated second recording information, or both.

公开(公告)号：US09998782B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15336845

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Ian M. Smith ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4302 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/458

Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to store first recording information that indicates programs that are recorded and stored at user devices, and programs to be recorded and stored at the user devices, receive, from a user device, a message that includes second recording information, wherein the second recording information includes second data instances; compare a portion of the first recording information with the second recording information; determine whether there is a difference between each first data instance relative to each corresponding second data instance; determine a master source for each first data instance that differs from each corresponding second data instance; update each first data instance that differs, one of the network device or the user device based on the master source, and provide the DVR service based on an updated portion of the first recording information, an updated second recording information, or both.