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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Brian Duane Clevenger, Muncie, IN (US);
Mark Allen McCleary, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Bruno Le Garjan, Rennes, FR;
Benjamin Allen Pullen, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/102 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided respective systems and methods for recording and playing back media content. The system for recording media content includes a segmenter () for splitting transport stream data and index data corresponding to the media content into discrete files at periodic intervals on access point boundaries. Each of the discrete files includes a respective transport segment and a respective index segment. The system also includes a segment storage device () for storing the discrete files.