Remote Recording via Mobile Intermediary and Control Word
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Solution Overview
Problem
Satellite television systems face challenges in allowing users to record content from remote locations, as the recording device is often not where the user is, leading to missed opportunities for recording content.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that enables users to order content from an interactive interface on a mobile device, which communicates with a content processing system to record linear or on-demand content at a user device using a control word, allowing for remote scheduling and recording of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users access the recording device at the television location, then content can be recorded, but user convenience deteriorates when users are not located at the recording device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the user and the recording device. The mobile device provides a remote interface that communicates with the recording device over a network, allowing users to control content recording without being physically present at the television location. This mediator enables remote scheduling and management of recordings while maintaining reliable content capture.
2Productivity
If satellite resources are used to broadcast content to multiple users simultaneously, then content delivery efficiency is improved, but satellite resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by allowing users to schedule content recordings in advance through the mobile interface. Users can pre-select content, specify recording times, and configure recording parameters before the actual content broadcast occurs. This advance planning enables the system to optimize satellite resource allocation by preparing recording configurations beforehand, reducing the need for real-time resource management during content delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system includes a first device having an ordering interface and forming a recording command comprising a linear channel, a start time, time duration and date. The first device communicates a customer identifier and the recording command to a content processing system corresponding to the linear content. The content processing system forms a control word from the recording command and communicates the control word to a user device. The user device receives the content corresponding to the recording command in response to the control word.