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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Joseph G. Fragale, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Sankar Subramanian, Ossining, NY (US);
Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A routing device is coupled to a storage device to function as a digital video recorder (DVR) to store digital content. The routing device may include a client function to receive and store the digital content, and a server function to provide the stored digital content to a user device. Digital content directed to the client function may be recorded by the storage device, while other digital content may be passed by server function to the user device. The digital content may be received by the routing device in an encoded and/or encrypted format, and the digital content may be recorded by the storage device in the encoded and/or encrypted format.