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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:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Inventors:
David M Bjordammen, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Thomas L Du Breuil, Ivyland, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Technology, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes: storing, via a network storage device, information related to the playback history of a content playing device; receiving, via a network digital video recorder scheduler, a request to record requested content; receiving, via a network digital video recorder, the requested content in a first format and the requested content in a second format; and storing, via the network digital video recorder, only one of the requested content in the first format or the requested content in a second format based on the information related to the playback history.