GB2400508B - Automatic recording device for use with set top boxes - Google Patents

Automatic recording device for use with set top boxes

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Publication number
GB2400508B
GB2400508B GB0229438A GB0229438A GB2400508B GB 2400508 B GB2400508 B GB 2400508B GB 0229438 A GB0229438 A GB 0229438A GB 0229438 A GB0229438 A GB 0229438A GB 2400508 B GB2400508 B GB 2400508B
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Prior art keywords
recording device
set top
top boxes
automatic recording
automatic
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GB0229438A
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GB0229438D0 (en
GB2400508A (en
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Chris Skelton
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4112—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/78—Television signal recording using magnetic recording
    • H04N5/782—Television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/422—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
    • H04N21/42204—User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4334—Recording operations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
GB0229438A 2002-12-18 2002-12-18 Automatic recording device for use with set top boxes Expired - Fee Related GB2400508B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0229438A GB2400508B (en) 2002-12-18 2002-12-18 Automatic recording device for use with set top boxes

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0229438A GB2400508B (en) 2002-12-18 2002-12-18 Automatic recording device for use with set top boxes

Publications (3)

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GB0229438D0 GB0229438D0 (en) 2003-01-22
GB2400508A GB2400508A (en) 2004-10-13
GB2400508B true GB2400508B (en) 2006-10-25

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Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2215928A (en) * 1988-03-22 1989-09-27 Rank Precision Ind Limited Controlling a video recorder by a coded broadcast signal
GB2232025A (en) * 1989-04-24 1990-11-28 Bsb Datavision Limited Signal recognition apparatus and method of broadcasting signals
EP0508394A2 (en) * 1991-04-12 1992-10-14 THOMSON multimedia Method and apparatus for controlling a recording device
US5307173A (en) * 1988-12-23 1994-04-26 Gemstar Development Corporation Apparatus and method using compressed codes for television program record scheduling
GB2317762A (en) * 1993-07-07 1998-04-01 Hitachi Ltd TV receiver with means for time control of viewing and of recording on a separate VCR
US5963264A (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-10-05 Echostar Engineering Corporation Selecting a digital television program and the control of a non-attached recording device
US5988078A (en) * 1991-12-04 1999-11-23 Gemstar Development Corp. Method and apparatus for receiving customized television programming information by transmitting geographic location to a service provider through a wide-area network
US6195501B1 (en) * 1996-03-28 2001-02-27 Intel Corporation Computer control of a video cassette recorder using wireless communication and a vertical blanking interval triggering
US6246441B1 (en) * 1997-07-18 2001-06-12 Sony Corporation Control device, control method, electric apparatus, control method of an electric apparatus, electric apparatus system, control method of an electric apparatus system, and transmission medium
WO2001045407A1 (en) * 1999-12-17 2001-06-21 Right Hemisphere Pty Ltd Video recorder scheduling

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2215928A (en) * 1988-03-22 1989-09-27 Rank Precision Ind Limited Controlling a video recorder by a coded broadcast signal
US5307173A (en) * 1988-12-23 1994-04-26 Gemstar Development Corporation Apparatus and method using compressed codes for television program record scheduling
GB2232025A (en) * 1989-04-24 1990-11-28 Bsb Datavision Limited Signal recognition apparatus and method of broadcasting signals
EP0508394A2 (en) * 1991-04-12 1992-10-14 THOMSON multimedia Method and apparatus for controlling a recording device
US5988078A (en) * 1991-12-04 1999-11-23 Gemstar Development Corp. Method and apparatus for receiving customized television programming information by transmitting geographic location to a service provider through a wide-area network
GB2317762A (en) * 1993-07-07 1998-04-01 Hitachi Ltd TV receiver with means for time control of viewing and of recording on a separate VCR
US6195501B1 (en) * 1996-03-28 2001-02-27 Intel Corporation Computer control of a video cassette recorder using wireless communication and a vertical blanking interval triggering
US6246441B1 (en) * 1997-07-18 2001-06-12 Sony Corporation Control device, control method, electric apparatus, control method of an electric apparatus, electric apparatus system, control method of an electric apparatus system, and transmission medium
US5963264A (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-10-05 Echostar Engineering Corporation Selecting a digital television program and the control of a non-attached recording device
WO2001045407A1 (en) * 1999-12-17 2001-06-21 Right Hemisphere Pty Ltd Video recorder scheduling

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20101218