Media content recording and healing statuses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959908-B2
Application number	US-201213353902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2012
Priority date	Jun 28, 2007
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

An exemplary system includes a content processing subsystem configured to record at least a subset of a media content program and detect a defective portion of the recorded media content program that failed to be properly recorded. The content processing subsystem is further configured to provide a recording status indicator to an output device for presentation to a user, the recording status indicator identifying the defective portion of the recorded media content program. In certain implementations, the content processing subsystem is further configured to heal at least a subset of the defective portion of the recorded media content program and provide a healing status indicator to the output device for presentation to the user, the healing status indicator identifying the healed portion of the recorded media content program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;
recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;
healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network; and
providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion;
wherein at least a portion of the healing occurs concurrently with the recording, and the method further comprises dynamically updating, by the content processing device, the recording status indicator as the recording and the healing progress.

2. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;
recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;
healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network; and
providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion,
wherein at least a portion of the healing occurs concurrently with the recording, and the method further comprises dynamically updating, by the content processing device, the recording status indicator as the recording and the healing progress.

3. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content processing device associated with a user and communicatively coupled to a media content distribution subsystem by way of a network, at least a subset of a media content program from the media content distribution subsystem;
recording, by the content processing device, the at least a subset of the media content program, wherein the recorded at least a subset of the media content program comprises one or more recorded portions and a defective portion;
healing, by the content processing device, at least a subset of the defective portion with media content associated with the defective portion and stored on another content processing device associated with the user or another user and communicatively coupled to the media content distribution subsystem by way of the network;
providing, by the content processing device, a recording status indicator for presentation to the user, the recording status indicator identifying the one or more recorded portions and the defective portion; and
identifying, by the content processing device, the defective portion, wherein the identifying of the defective portion comprises generating a local checksum for the recorded at least a subset of the media content program, and comparing the generated local checksum with a master checksum for the media content program maintained by the media content distribution subsystem.

Assignees

• Roberts Brian
• Stallings Heath
• Relyea Don
• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Roberts Brian
• Stallings Heath
• Relyea Don

Classifications

• H04N5/76

  Television signal recording · CPC title

• H04N21/488

  Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4104

  Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N5/765

  Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus · CPC title