Digital video recorder with segmented program storage

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An apparatus for recording multimedia content transmitted over a network, the apparatus comprising:
a hardware processor; a reception interface for receiving the multimedia content from the network; a user input interface for receiving user inputs; and a storage resource comprising processor executable instructions wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a multimedia selection signal indicative of multimedia content to be recorded;determining, from content metadata pertaining to the multimedia content, a suggested segment size; prompting a user to indicate a selected segment size for the program, wherein the selected segment size is selected from the group consisting of: the suggested segment size and a user specified segment size;
recording the multimedia content in the content segments in accordance with the selected segment size;saving the content segments in storage;generating a menu of segment selection options including a single segment option, an ordered list of multiple segments option, and an all segments option;prompting the user to indicate one of the segment selection options;responsive to the user indicating the ordered list of multiple segments option, receiving user input indicating an ordered subset of the plurality of content segments to view; andwherein the subset of the plurality of content segments is played back in an indicated order, and wherein unselected content segments of the multimedia content are skipped during play back, altering a chronological order of program segments.