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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Jamie Howarter, Overland Park, KS (US);
Doug Ceballos, Olathe, KS (US);
Inventors:
Jamie Howarter, Overland Park, KS (US);
Doug Ceballos, Olathe, KS (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/932 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and method for recording television content in the event of a power loss. For example, in one embodiment, an optical network terminal associated with providing video service to the digital video recorder is utilized to backup and store a scheduled television program that occurs during the duration of a power outage affecting the digital video recorder.