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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:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pushpita Bhattacharjee, Karnataka, IN;

Nimit Dineshbhai Kalaria, Gujarat, IN;

Smitha Mave, Karnataka, IN;

Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Karnataka, IN;

Milan Indu Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/2181 (2013.01); H04N 21/26233 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in the conventional network storage systems via novel techniques to store offsets of a recorded program in a network digital video recorder (DVR). Storing offsets of a recorded program may be beneficial to users that would like to record media content that is broadcast either prior to a start time of a program, or media content that is broadcast after an end time of a program. This feature may be useful when start times and end times of a program are variable (e.g., in the case of sporting events, or other real-time events). This feature may also be useful for recording content of interest that is scheduled for broadcast prior to a start time of or after an end time of the program.


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