Media recorder

摘要

Systems and methods enabling the recording of a wide variety of online media for storage and later consumption are disclosed. The media can include audio, video, images, text and multi-media. The stored recordings can be played on internet-enabled devise such as televisions, mobile phones, personal computers, tablets, game systems, or the like. Recording is optionally accomplished using distributed recorders each making use of a virtualized browser.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an API server configured to receive requests to record media retrieved from websites, the requests being received from remote clients of the API server; a plurality of recorders each configured to record a received request to record media retrieved from websites that includes a specified type of media using a virtualized browser environment disposed on the respective recorder; and a recording queue manager configured to:
determine whether a first recorder of the plurality of recorders is available to process the received request to record media retrieved from websites,responsive to a determination that the first recorder is unavailable to process the received request to record media retrieved from websites, determine a request type of the received request, the request type of the received request associated with a type of content associated with the request, andassign requests to record media retrieved from websites to a second recorder, the second recorder configured to process requests to record media retrieved from websites having a type that matches the determined type of the received request.