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Systems and methods for recording multiple programs simultaneously with a single tuner

A tuner and program technology, used in two-way working systems, parts of TV systems, parts of color TVs, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2008-11-19
ROVI GUIDES INC
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However, how many tuners are available in the user's DVR system, the user can only record as many programs at the same time, because each tuner only records one program at a time

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[0026] Figure 1 shows an illustrative interactive television system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. User device 110 receives content in the form of a signal from content source 120 via communication path 122 . In practice, there may be multiple content sources 120 and user devices 110, however, only one of each is shown in FIG. 1 to avoid over-complicating the diagram.

[0027] Content source 120 may be any suitable content source, such as, for example, a cable system headend, satellite television distribution facility, television broadcast facility, on-demand server (e.g., VOD server), Internet video / IP server, or for originating or any other suitable facility or system for distributing content. Content source 120 is configured to transmit signals over any suitable communication path 122, including, for example, satellite paths, fiber optic paths, cable paths, or any other suitable wired or wireless path for distributing content. The signal may car...

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The invention provides systems and methods for simultaneously recording multiple programs using a single tuner. A content source generates a digital transport multiplex having multiple programs. An interactive television application tunes to the digital transport multiplex using a tuner and simultaneously records the programs. The content source may create a personalized digital transport multiplex having programs requested from one or more interactive television applications.

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technical field [0001] The present invention seeks to provide a system and method for simultaneously recording multiple programs with one tuner. Background technique [0002] Recording devices, such as digital video recording (DVR) devices, are well known in the art. Some DVR systems may include multiple tuners, allowing the DVR system to simultaneously record more than one program at a time. However, the user can only record as many programs as there are tuners available in the user's DVR system at the same time, because each tuner only records one program at a time. In such a system, if a user's DVR system has two tuners, and the user wishes to record, for example, three NCAA college basketball tournaments that are playing simultaneously, the user will be forced to select two of the games to record, rather than Record the third game. [0003] Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide digital recording systems and methods for simultaneously recording multiple program...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N7/173
CPCH04N9/7921H04N21/2365H04N21/4147H04N21/6581H04N7/17318H04N21/4347H04N21/47214H04N21/4583H04N21/23608H04N5/76H04N21/252H04N21/4263H04N5/775H04N5/782
Inventor M·L·克拉内
Owner ROVI GUIDES INC
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