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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:
Sep. 16, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Derek T. Harrar, Rydal, PA (US);

Roger J. Godin, Berkeley, CA (US);

Robin L. Opie, Newtown Square, PA (US);

Robert Gaydos, Harleysville, PA (US);

Inventors:

Derek T. Harrar, Rydal, PA (US);

Roger J. Godin, Berkeley, CA (US);

Robin L. Opie, Newtown Square, PA (US);

Robert Gaydos, Harleysville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 21/4508 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of limiting recording demands on digital video recorders and other media records. The limiting being facilitated through analysis of programs and other media available from one or more network resources associated with and/or having capabilities to provide media to the recording element. The network resources may be associated with provider resources, customer resources, and/or any other resource in communication with the recording element.


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