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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Todd Smith, Boulder, CO (US);
Douglas Frusciano, Lafayette, CO (US);
Carissa Mahonchak, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital video recorder control database is maintained for a digital video recorder in communication with a plurality of set-top boxes. The database includes program content, associated programming metadata, and a recording schedule. A subset of the digital video recorder control database is pushed from the digital video recorder control database to the plurality of set-top boxes for local caching on the plurality of set-top boxes. The subset includes at least a portion of the recording schedule.