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Patent No.:

US 9049484 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013

Efficient assignment of program copies in a network digital video recorder

Applicant:

Dish Digital L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Robert Drew Major, Orem, UT (US);

Darren Major, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Joseph Ekstrom, Orem, UT (US);

Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:

Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Hoang-Vu A Nguyen-Ba

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04N 5/85 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 5/85 (2013.01); H04N 5/91 (2013.01); H04N 7/165 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 7/17336 (2013.01); H04N 9/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/2181 (2013.01); H04N 21/23103 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4135 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/61 (2013.01); H04N 21/234363 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system receives a media content file that is stored in a storage architecture of the RS-DVR system. The same stored media content file is assigned to multiple subscribers such that each of the multiple subscribers shares a common identifier that references a single common physical copy of the same stored media content file in the storage architecture of the RS-DVR system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Major, Robert. (2015). Efficient assignment of program copies in a network digital video recorder (U.S. Patent No. 9049484). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9049484

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