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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:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Echostar Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

Bernard A. McCarthy, III, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/2743 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/21815 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/2743 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for facilitating recording of media content events by media devices on remote storage devices are described. Some embodiments provide a remote storage manager as part of a media device, such as a set-top box. In one embodiment, the remote storage manager causes a media content event to be recorded on a remote persistent storage device by receiving the media content event from a program distributor, and then transmitting the media content event to the remote persistent storage device. In another embodiment, the remote storage manager instructs the remote persistent storage device to obtain the media content event from the program distributor, so that the remote persistent storage device can record the media content event without the media content event first being received by the remote storage manager.


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