Sharing of subscriber-recorded digital video recorder content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9106943-B2
Application number	US-201113100421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2011
Priority date	May 4, 2011
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

Digital data associated with recorded programs are uploaded to a Head End facility from user devices (e.g., set-top boxes) in a media distribution network. The Head End facility stores a library of the Digital Video Recording (DVR) assets for programs and makes them available, by streaming, to user devices, including user devices that do not have DVR capability. Techniques are also provided to efficiently upload a DVR asset simultaneously in segments or chunks from multiple user devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
delivering media content from a head end facility comprising a cable modem termination system to a plurality of user devices in a media distribution network;
receiving, at the head end facility, a notification from a first user device in the media distribution network, the notification including information indicating recording of a broadcast program included in the media content at the first user device;
receiving, at the head end f…

Assignees

• Killick Raynald
• Guillaume Nadine
• Srivastav Vivek
• Cisco Tech Inc

Inventors

• Killick Raynald
• Guillaume Nadine
• Srivastav Vivek

Classifications

• H04N21/274 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4147

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/8456

  Electricity · mapped topic