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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.

Patent No.:

US 9961396 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015

Storing and accessing segments of recorded programs

Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Mary C. McCarthy, Frisco, TX (US);

Elizabeth Lopez, Kyle, TX (US);

Valerie H. Montalvo, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Fatoumata Traore

Assistant Examiner:

Trong Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/781 (2006.01); H04N 5/85 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/329 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 5/781 (2013.01); H04N 5/85 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for recording multimedia content transmitted over a network including a reception interface for receiving the multimedia content from the network, a user input interface for receiving user inputs, and a storage resource including executable instructions including a recording module for recording the multimedia content in accordance with the user inputs. The user inputs also include a multimedia selection signal for indicating the multimedia content to be recorded, and a segmenting signal for indicating a size of at least one of a plurality of segments in which the multimedia content is recorded.

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