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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. 23, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2009
Applicants:

Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);

Harpal S. Bassali, San Francisco, CA (US);

John K Trimper, Groton, MA (US);

Armando P Stettner, Westford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);

Harpal S. Bassali, San Francisco, CA (US);

John K Trimper, Groton, MA (US);

Armando P Stettner, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method includes receiving, by a media content delivery subsystem from an end-user media content processing device via a network, a request to record a live transmission of a media content instance, recording, by the media content delivery subsystem, the live transmission of the media content instance, and transmitting, by the media content delivery subsystem, data representative of the recorded live transmission of the media content instance to the end-user media content processing device via the network for local storage by the end-user media content processing device. In certain embodiments, the recording includes generating at least one media data file containing the data representative of the recorded live transmission of the media content instance, and the transmitting includes transferring the at least one media data file from the media content delivery subsystem to the end-user media content processing device via the network.


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