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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Bce Inc., Verdun, CA;
Chris Snyder, Toronto, CA;
Frederic Tardif, Verdun, CA;
Simon Lavigne-Giroux, Verdun, CA;
Maxime Carbonneau-Leclerc, Verdun, CA;
BCE INC., Verdun, CA;
Abstract
Systems and methods of managing personal video recordings are disclosed for providing a network personal video recorder (nPVR) that manages PVR recordings for a plurality of users. Recording scheduling information from a recording request received at the nPVR is checked against existing scheduled recordings and a new recording is scheduled in accordance with the received recording scheduling information if an existing scheduled recording does not already exist. The recording scheduling information received in respective recording requests are associated with respective users to facilitate playback of recorded content and digital rights management.