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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Daniel Putterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad Dietrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Toeman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pedro Freitas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ludovic Legrand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shawn Mccaffrey, Belmont, CA (US);
James Grimm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lijia Jin, Hayward, CA (US);
Paul Novaes, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel Putterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad Dietrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Toeman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pedro Freitas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ludovic Legrand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shawn McCaffrey, Belmont, CA (US);
James Grimm, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lijia Jin, Hayward, CA (US);
Paul Novaes, San Mateo, CA (US);
Macrovision Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A networked personal video recording ('PVR') system couples a plurality of clients to one or more PVR media servers over a network. One or more PVR media servers include television tuners to tune television signals. A storage medium buffers the television signals to implement PVR functionality. For example, the PVR media server records television programs for clients. Clients are assigned to television tuners, and the clients display television programs received at the assigned tuner. The network transfers the buffered television signals to the clients.