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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Synamedia Limited, Middlesex, GB;

Inventors:

Mahesh Viveganandhan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Hoi-Tauw Jozef Chou, San Ramon, CA (US);

Gowdish Kumaraswamy, Milpitas, CA (US);

Clint Ricker, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:

SYNAMEDIA LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method, system and apparatus are described, for uniquely storing, in a memory, for each one user among a plurality of users which recorded a content item, at least one segment of the recorded content item, generating metadata at a metadata generator, the metadata generator configured to associate, for one user among the plurality of users, the at least one segment of the recorded content item recorded by the one user, the metadata including a bitmap uniquely identifying the one user, and determining, at a processor, for each one user of the plurality of users, at least one offset value indicating at least one starting point for the at least one segment of the recorded content item for the one user, the at least one segment of the one user being disposed in a media sequence including a plurality of segments of the content item for different users of the users that recorded the content item, the at least one offset value being determined based, at least, on the bitmap uniquely identifying the one user and a byte size of the at least one segment of the recorded content item. Related methods, systems and apparatuses are also described.


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