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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Kevin S Wirick, Olivenhain, CA (US);
Michael A Casteloes, Poway, CA (US);
Wendell Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes: receiving, via a network digital video recorder, a request to record requested content; receiving, via a network digital video recorder at a first time, the requested content in a first format and the requested content in a second format; storing, via the network digital video recorder, the requested content in the first format; storing, via the network digital video recorder, the requested content in the second format; deleting, from network digital video recorder, the requested content in the second format after a predetermined time period; and transcoding, via an on demand transcoder, the requested content in the first format to the requested content in a third format after the predetermined time period.