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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Christoph Hielscher, München, DE;

Stefan Jenzowsky, Gräfelfing, DE;

Axel Scheuer, München, DE;

Harald Schweickhardt, München, DE;

Rudolf Stelzl, Dachau, DE;

Inventors:

Christoph Hielscher, München, DE;

Stefan Jenzowsky, Gräfelfing, DE;

Axel Scheuer, München, DE;

Harald Schweickhardt, München, DE;

Rudolf Stelzl, Dachau, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/781 (2006.01); H04N 5/85 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 9/804 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 5/781 (2013.01); H04N 5/85 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 9/8042 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a PVR server for storing and playing back TV programs, in particular to an improved method for operating a network PVR and to an improved PVR server (). The inventive method consists in determining the number of users storing in the personal archives thereof a determined TV program, which is stored in the memory () of the PVR server (). When the user number is less than a predefined limit value, an erasing signal occurs to them and the program is cleared during a configurable period of time if no user selects said program as to be preserved.


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