Sharing Video Recording Resources Over a Network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018014084-A1
Application number	US-201715676178-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 14, 2017
Priority date	Feb 22, 2008
Publication date	Jan 11, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of sharing recording capability on a network, the network having a server supporting at least a recording DVR and a receiving DVR, the recording and receiving DVRs being in different households, the method comprising: (a) determining that the receiving DVR is unable to record the content at a certain time; and (b) identifying that the recording DVR is able to provide the receiving DVR with a recording of the content; (c) recording the content on the recording DVR at the certain time; and (d) transmitting the content from the recording DVR to the receiving DVR after the certain time.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, whether a destination computing device has sufficient space to store a first content item; in response to determining that the destination computing device does not have sufficient storage space to store the first content item, determining whether a server can store the first content item, the server being a separate device from the destination computing device; in response to determining that the server cannot store the first content item, determining whether a sending computing device can stream the first content item to the destination computing device at a current point in time; in response to determining that the sending computing device can stream the first content item to the destination computing device, recording, by the sending computing device, the first content item, and sending to the destination computing device a notification of availability of the first content item; and preventing a user of the sending computing device from accessing identity information of a user of the destination computing device.

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Communications Man Llc

Inventors

• Hindle James Matthew
• Wannamaker Jeffrey Ronald

Classifications

• H04N21/25808

  Management of client data (terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303) · CPC title

• H04N21/47214

  for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market (stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224) · CPC title

• H04N21/4583

  Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts, e.g. when a recording by reservation has been programmed for two programmes in the same time slot · CPC title

• H04N5/782

  on tape · CPC title

• H04N5/781

  on disks or drums · CPC title