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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Douglas Berrett, Seattle, WA (US);
Cory Cirrincione, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph Mcclanahan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sean Kollenkark, Seattle, WA (US);
Douglas Berrett, Seattle, WA (US);
Cory Cirrincione, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph McClanahan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sean Kollenkark, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A television recording system in which multiple client devices can form a group, sharing tuners and channel lineups. The clients may be desktop or laptop computers, digital video recorders or other set top boxes. A device within the group may act as a master, maintaining a master recording schedule and assigning tuners to record programs when scheduled or when a client requests use of a tuner for display live programming. Clients may register with the master, revealing the capabilities of their tuners. The master may, each time a tuner is desired, select an appropriate tuner based on multiple criteria, including bandwidth considerations and capabilities of the tuner.